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The collection consists of a film compiled by members of the Radcliffe College Class of 1975 featuring excerpts from oral histories conducted by the Class of 1975 to preserve their stories and in anticipation of their 50th reunion. Interviews are interspersed with archival photographs and film footage of Radcliffe and Harvard College to illustrate alumnae reminiscences of their Radcliffe experiences including their arrivals at college; positive and negative experiences with co-educational living; sexism and sexual harassment experienced from male Harvard students, faculty, and staff; feelings that Harvard was not open to new ideas, failed to provide female role models, and didn't provide students with academic guidance or career counseling; feeling marginalized and unwelcome due to their gender; unequal resources available to women's sports and between Radcliffe and Harvard dormitories; and the advantages of attending Harvard, noting resources available to them while they were undergraduates and opportunities their Harvard degrees afforded them in the workplace. In addition to commenting on sexism they experienced at Harvard, several African American students share their experiences with racism. The film concludes with interviewees reflecting on their feelings about Radcliffe and its merger with Harvard.

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