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toomuchredditmaj t1_isxm3hh wrote on October 19, 2022 at 1:23 PM

Reply to comment by cgally in Haben Girma is the first Deafblind Woman to become a Harvard Grad by cgally

yeah I was about to say... Helen Keller.

Mtnskydancer t1_isxyayp wrote on October 19, 2022 at 2:52 PM

Radcliffe? Weren’t the colleges segregated by gender?

moonchylde t1_isy5hcn wrote on October 19, 2022 at 3:41 PM

Correct, she wanted to go to Harvard but wasn't allowed.

toomuchredditmaj t1_isy8gm7 wrote on October 19, 2022 at 4:00 PM

Yep

pmmbok t1_isyq2cc wrote on October 19, 2022 at 5:55 PM

Harvard Law has been letting women in since the 50s. The undergraduate Harvard college was slower to come around.

Mtnskydancer t1_iszh3nq wrote on October 19, 2022 at 8:46 PM

Helen Keller graduated in 1904.

pmmbok t1_it03trr wrote on October 19, 2022 at 11:24 PM

Radcliffe

Mtnskydancer t1_it29wro wrote on October 20, 2022 at 12:44 PM

Exactly.