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Radcliffe College was a women's liberal arts college in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that was founded in 1879. In 1999, it was fully incorporated into Harvard College. Radcliffe College was one of the Seven Sisters colleges. For the first 70 years of its existence, Radcliffe conferred undergraduate and graduate degrees.
Harvard Radcliffe Institute is an interdisciplinary community of students, scholars, researchers, practitioners, artists, and others committed to pursuing curiosity-driven research, expanding human understanding, and grappling with questions that demand insight from across disciplines.
This collection chronicles Radcliffe College from its beginning as the Harvard Annex, in 1879, through 1999, the year the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study was founded. The archives are a rich resource for the study of women in higher education, the Harvard-Radcliffe relationship, and the lives of the many remarkable women who attended or ...
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The institute focuses on Radcliffe’s former fields of study and programs and also offers such new ones as nondegree educational programs and the study of… Read More
Formerly known as the Society for the Collegiate Instruction of Women, Radcliffe College was chartered by the Massachusetts state legislature in 1894. The College existed from that date until 1999, when it officially and fully merged with Harvard University.
May 27, 2019 · Founded in 1879, Radcliffe College opened its doors in Cambridge, branding itself as an institution dedicated to women’s education under the leadership of its first president, Elizabeth C....
Jun 8, 2020 · New book explores the early years of Radcliffe though the lives of five of its first fellows. It was called “a messy experiment” by its founder. It became a hub of creativity that helped propel forward the women it engaged, and the women’s movement, in crucial ways.
