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Photograph: Portrait of Eleanor Burke Leacock sitting at a desk, with a book case visible behind her.
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Eleanor Burke Leacock, Feminist Anthropologist
"Utterly stunned, I walked down Broadway with a frie[n]d, repeating over and over to him, “Do you realize there are some things I will not be able to do simply because I am a woman? Do you realize…” I could not stop recounting the incident." In these words, anthropologist Eleanor Leacock recalls the moment in 1943 when she was denied an Assistantship solely because of her gender and she realized the full extent of discrimination that she would face as a female academic.
Opening page of the text of The Red Shoes by Hans Christian Andersen. 1928 Fine Press Edition with chapter heading of red shoes and leaves.
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Fairy Tale Fridays: The Red Shoes
Hans Christian Andersen's “The Red Shoes” tells the story of an orphan girl whose uncontrolled desire for material pleasures and social status leads to her downfall.
Close-up photograph of someone typing on typewriter
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Typist for a Day: Harlequin Creature Typing Bee
Feeling nostalgic for print-forms gone by? Or eagerly seeking the next production medium for your postmodern creativity? Either way, come join the Harlequin Creature typing bee in the gallery of Hatcher Graduate Library on Wednesday, February 18th from 11:30am-4:30pm.