Women at Harvard
TASK FORCE ON WOMEN
Review the 2005 reports and recommendations from the Task Forces that led to the creation of FD&D.
FIRST TENURED WOMEN
Explore a timeline of the first five women to receive tenure in each School, from 1919 to 2016.
DR. ALICE HAMILTON
Learn about Dr. Alice Hamilton, appointed in 1919 at the Medical School as the first female faculty member at Harvard.
1970 PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN
Produced by the Women's Faculty Group on March 9, 1970
Harvard Crimson article on the release of the Preliminary Report
HISTORIES OF HARVARD WOMEN
Radcliffe College 2012 Dean's Lecture, "It's Complicated: 375 Years of Women at Harvard"
Joint statement from the presidents of the MIT9 group of universities, convened in 2001 to discuss gender equity in higher education
ORAL HISTORIES AND ARCHIVES
Archives for Women in Medicine
View digitized letters, photographs, research records, and other materials.
Women in Medicine Oral Histories
Listen to interviews with leaders from HMS and the Joint Committee on the Status of Women.
Harvard Stories; Veritas Verbatim
Record, share, preserve, and explore personal stories from the Harvard community.
Photo credits, bottom row from left to right:
1) Anon, 1970. Portrait of Harvard and Radcliffe students.
2) Anon, 1940. Views of the Radcliffe Yard and Quadrangle. Views of the Radcliffe Yard and Quadrangle.
3) Harvard College Observatory, H. (1918). [Observatory Staff in "paper Doll" Pose, (in Line Holding Hands) Panoramic Photograph Ca. 1918].
All other images credit to Harvard University Archives.