Harvard honors women : several of them placed on the boards of visitors ; new and radical departure made by the overseers of the University ; Mrs. Henry Draper's services will now receive recognition ; Mrs. Fleming appointed curator of astronomical photographs, charged with their care, she is the fi

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Harvard honors women : several of them placed on the boards of visitors ; new and radical departure made by the overseers of the University ; Mrs. Henry Draper's services will now receive recognition ; Mrs. Fleming appointed curator of astronomical photographs, charged with their care, she is the first of her sex to have her name placed with the list of officers / Boston Herald, Jan. 16, 1899.

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Newspaper article, chiefly concerning the Harvard College Observatory's employment and recognition of women.

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