with sex blind admissions. women's numbers gradually were allowed to increase to reach pairity and this was achieved finally in 2007. in 1999 came the agreement ending harvard -- ending radcliffe as a degree granting body and being into being the radcliffe institute as we know it today and in 2007, it's first dean, drew gilpenfast, became president of harvard university. [ applause ] fas, in its under graduate and graduate admissions set a goal of women graduates. it came at a time of commitment not to just women as a category but to women in all their diver diversity. the same years, the african american and latino students grew in pace. it has been argued that while women were empowered by the movement for women's liberation, the men were likely persuaded by the civil rights movement. once you have removed the barriers for african americans how do you justify a quota from women or bar them from a library. the struggle was not easy, and nor was the outcome sure. what raised the opposition was the fight waged a

with sex blind admissions. women's numbers gradually were allowed to increase to reach parity, and this was achieved finally in 2007. in 1999 came the agreement ending harvard -- ending radcliffe as a degree granting body and bringing into being the radcliffe institute as we know it today. and in 2007 its first dean, drew gilpin faust, became president of harvard university. [ applause ] f.a.s. in its under graduate and graduate admissions set a pattern for increasining proportions of women in the student bodies of professional schools. all of this came at a time of commitment, not just to women as a category, but to women in all their racial, ethnic, religious and sexual diversity. during these very same years the number of african-american and latina schools grew, and these were intertwined in a central way. it has been argued that while women in emboldened by the movement for women's liberation, the men making the decisions were likely persuaded by this power of the civil rights movement's arguments for equi