Report, 1867 Mar. 23.

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Report, 1867 Mar. 23.

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Contains a one page report, dated Mar. 23, 1867, from the Committee on Admitting Women to the Medical School. The Committee met in response to the petition of two women, Susan Dimock and Sophia Jex-Blake, seeking admittance to Harvard Medical School. The report is accompanied by a letter to Thomas Hill, president of Harvard College, from Edward H. Clarke, professor at the Medical School, dated Mar. 17, 1867, in which Clarke asks whether the Medical School should change its statutes to exclude women from admission explicitly.

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Dimock, Susan J., 1847-1875

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Clarke, Edward H. (Edward Hammond), 1820-1877

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Hill, Thomas, 1818-1891

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Jex-Blake, Sophia, 1849-1912

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