125 Years of MIT Women
An exhibit honoring the 125th Anniversary of the graduation of Ellen H. Swallow (Richards)
Sources/Bibliography:
Alumnae before 1950:
Marilyn A. Bever '76, The Women of MIT, 1871 to 1941: "Who They Were, What They Achieved," thesis for the Degree of Bachelor of Science, June 1976.
Alice Gertrude Bryant, A.B., M.D., F.A.C.S., A.S. '86, "A Memoir of Margaret Swan Cheney", paper before the MIT Women's Association, November 4, 1937.
Shirley Picardi '72, Alumni Office Speech on Women at MIT, at the Denver MIT Alumni Club, assistance from Margaret Coleman, Sandra Yulke, 1984.
Registration Committee, "Technology Women," program for the dedication, June 1916.
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Other Reference Data provided by:
Linda vanDuyne '86, President's Reports, registrar's records, NASA research
Elizabeth Andrews, Chief Archivist/Beth Kaplan MIT Archives
Bonny Kellermann '72
Cynthia Skier '74 MITWA/AMITA information
May Tse '98 McCormick Hall information
Christine Tempesta faculty and alumnae database information
MIT Alumni Register, 1989.
MIT Admissions Office
Danuta Bois website, ESR page, http://www.netsrq.com/~dbois/richards-es.html
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute - ESR page
Vassar College, ESR page of Hidden Histories, R. Alley, J. Busch, B. Maiale, G. Wakeman, 12/1996,http://depts.vassar.edu/~anthro/bianco/hidden/ellen.html
Compiled by Sarah J. Simon '72, June 1998.