Notes and program, 1970.

Luscomb, Florence, 1887-1985

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Florence Hope Luscomb, social and political activist, was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, on February 6, 1887, the daughter of Otis and Hannah Skinner (Knox) Luscomb. With an S.B. in architecture (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1909), she worked as an architect until 1917, when she became executive secretary for the Boston Equal Suffrage Association. She held positions in the Massachusetts Civic League and other organizations and agencies until 1933, when she became a full-ti...

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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The Department of General Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) did not officially exist until 1882. Courses in general studies were offered as early as 1865, when the MIT Catalog offered a curriculum option called the Course in Science and Literature. At that time, all regular MIT students were required to take “general studies” classes from the Course in Science and Literature, in addition to English, history, and modern languages. In 1882 the Course in Scienc...

International Women's Day (1970 : Cambridge, Mass.)

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Trainor, Augusta M.

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Feminist and socialist, Augusta (Cappella) Trainor grew up in Plymouth, Massachusetts, where her father worked for the railroad. She graduated from high school in 1934, inspired by her teachers to read extensively on notable American women. In 1936 she met socialist leader and birth control advocate Dr. Antoinette Konikow and joined the Trotskyist movement. In 1937 she married Lawrence Trainor, a newpaper printer who became a leader in the Socialist Workers Party; they had two children. Trainor ...

Reed, Evelyn

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Carden, Maren Lockwood

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Maren Lockwood Carden earned her Ph.D. from Harvard in 1963. She became a sociologist who wrote on feminism; she was a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute from 1970-1972. From the description of Student notes, 1956-1959. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77066954 Sociologist (University of London, B.Sc., 1955; University of Maryland, M.A., 1957; Harvard University, Ph.D., 1963), Carden received a variety of grants, was a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute (1961, 1970-19...