#GoodRead | When Women Weren't Allowed to Go to Harvard, Elizabeth Cary Agassiz Brought Harvard to Them

"When Women Weren't Allowed to Go to Harvard, Elizabeth Cary Agassiz Brought Harvard to Them":

The story of Harvard University starts with its establishment in 1636. The story of women students at Harvard starts two hundred years later. Women weren't allowed to get degrees there until Elizabeth Cary Agassiz, born on this day in 1822, helped change that.

“Agassiz carried the energy and vision needed to grapple with Harvard’s administration,” writes Natalie duP. C. Panno for The Harvard Crimson.

Read Kat Eschner's full article at Smithsonian.com's Smart News here…