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    Smith College Commencement Address

    House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) addressed the Smith College class of 2020 in a virtual commencement ceremony due to the coronavirus pandemic. She talked about leadership, women’s rights, a…

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    Smith College Commencement Address

    Arianna Huffington gave the commencement address to the 2013 graduating class of Smith College. She talked about the definition of success in life.

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    Women in the CIA Workforce

    Smith College government professor Brent Durbin talked about the history and impact of women in the CIA, from the World War II to the present. Following his presentation, a panel of female C…

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    Smith College Commencement Address

    Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Margaret Edson delivered a commencement speech on the meaning of classroom teaching and education. Ms Edson is a Smith College alumna who teaches kinderga…

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    First Lady Grace Coolidge

    The panel talked about the life and times of President Coolidge’s wife, Grace Coolidge. They talked about her work with deaf students at the Clarke School of the Deaf, specifically her teach…

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    Betty Friedan and the Feminine Mystique

    Author Daniel Horowitz talked about his book, Betty Friedan and the Making of the Feminine Mystique, published by University of Massachusetts Press. The book is about the development of Frie…

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    Galileo's Daughter

    Ms. Sobel talked about her book, Galileo’s Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Faith, Science and Love, published by Walker and Company. She talked about the story of the famed scientist’s rela…

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    Grace Coolidge: From Northampton to the White House

    Mr. Anthony talked about the life and accomplishments of Grace Coolidge. He focused on her childhood and her teaching of deaf children. He also focused on her time as First Lady in the White…

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    A Woman's Education

    Professor Conway, former president of Smith College, talked about her latest book, A Woman’s Education, the third installment of her continuing memoir. She talked about the professional and …

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    Images of Black Women

    Ms. Chideya spoke about the bidirectional relationship between images and reality of African American women’s lives in the United States. She said that images both reflect and shape cultural…

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    Sophia Smith Award

    Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg received the first Sophia Smith Award for her contributions to the education of women. In her remarks, Justice Ginsburg paid tribute to early pioneers in the educ…

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    Global Warming: Myth or Reality

    A Panel Sponsored by Smith College Club of Washington on the topic of Global Warming: Myth or reality. The group looks at the Green House effect. Speakers included Michael Deland, Chairman, …

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