even as wise a man as alport, could write at late as 1940, to a woman academic who was seeking employment in the summer school, "radcliffe" he stated" has to faculty and summer school, only harvard teachers teach there and harvard has no women teachers, silly, perhaps, but traditional and unexpectational." i want to dwell for a moment on the story of mary calk ins, a member of the faculty. i do so, because it allows some insight into the range of forces operating at harvard and the stubborn of the governing bodies. a young and talented smith graduate. calkins was hired by welslee, to teach greek in 1970. but the head professor in philosophy was looking for someone to introduce the new field of psychology and saw her potential. she offered calkins the position under the condition that she take graduate work in psychology. here was the problem. german universities were the mecca, they refused to teach women or made life difficult for them. other schools taught women but lacked a psychology laboratory. harvard had a famous one and william james and royce, requested that she be allowed in the

even as wise a man as psychologist gordon alport known as prejudice could write as lates a 140 to a woman academic who was seeking employment in the graduate school -- in the summer school, excuse me, "radcliffe," he stated, has to faculty and summer school, only harvard teachers teach there and harvard has no women teachers, silly, perhaps, but traditional and unexceptional." i want to dwell for a moment on the story of mary caulkins, a member of the wealthy faculty. i do so because it allows some insight into the range of forces operating at harvard and the stubborn of the governing bodies. a young and talented smith graduate. in 1887 to teach greek. but the head professor in philosophy was seeking for someone to introduce the new field of psychology and saw her potential. she offered calkins the position under the condition that she take graduate work in psychology. here was the dilemma. german universities were the mecca, but they either refused to teach women or made life difficult for them. yale and michigan accepted calkins but they lacked what she thought it was essential, a psych