We invite you to explore the stories of these history-making women. All of these women worked as either professors or administrators across various Boston universities in the 1970s. Each story is unique and important: click their names to learn more!
Weitz, Margaret Collins, Tessa White, and Patrick Riordan. “Oral History Interview with Margaret Collins Weitz (SOH-045).” Digital Collections @ Suffolk. Accessed December 7, 2022. https://dc.suffolk.edu/soh/34/.
Smith, Sean. “'A Full and Exciting Career' .” The Boston College Chronicle, October 16, 1997.
Kelley, Monica. “Emily Wick PhD '51, MIT's first female professor to earn tenure, dies at 91,” 2013, Massachusetts Institute of Technology News, https://news.mit.edu/2013/emily-wick-phd-51-mits-first-female-professor-earn-tenure-dies-91 (accessed 4 December 2022).
Negroni, Christine. “Sheila Widnall: A Lifetime Exploring the Unknown.” MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Accessed December 7, 2022. https://news.mit.edu/2020/sheila-widnall-lifetime-exploring-unknown-1009.
“Matina Horner.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, November 26, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matina_Horner.
Duette Photographers, “Beatrice L. Snow (AB 1962, Biology) is congratulated by Professor Edward G. Hartmann on receiving an award from the Suffolk University General Alumni Association,” Moakley Archive & Institute, accessed December 7, 2022, https://moakleyarchive.omeka.net/items/show/3986.
Richmond, Martha, and Sabrina Carter. “Oral History Interview with Martha Richmond (SOH-043).” Digital Collections @ Suffolk. Accessed December 7, 2022. https://dc.suffolk.edu/soh/32/.
“Life + Career.” Omeka RSS. Accessed December 7, 2022. https://eileensouthern.omeka.fas.harvard.edu/exhibits/show/lifecareer/life---career.
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