New Professorship to Benefit Women
The Committee for the Equality of Women at Harvard (CEWH) applauds the Crimson for featuring articles such as "Tenure Problems Persist for Women" (News, Feb. 7). An open dialogue on these issues is a necessary first step in the quest to achieve equality for all women on campus.
I must, however, correct the erroneous reference concerning CEWH's offer to initiate the creation of an endowment fund for a tenured chair that will provide a joint appointment in the Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Studies and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. This pledge was made not because "Nine of the 19 tenure appointments this year were women" but rather because CEWH considered the professorship to be an innovative step in furthering the education of women at Harvard begun by Radcliffe College in 1879.
Alice C. Welch '53
Feb. 17, 2001
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