A group of Hamilton students was among hundreds who traveled to Seneca Falls, N.Y., on Sunday, Oct. 7, to see nine women inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame. The trip was made possible by funds from the Kirkland Endowment. Among those honored were philanthropist Swanee Hunt and Eleanor K. Baum, the first female engineer to be named dean of a college of engineering in the U.S. She is dean at Cooper Union in Manhattan. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, author of the 1969 bestseller On Death and Dying, and chef Julia Child were honored posthumously.
The students were accompanied by alumnae Cassandra Harris-Lockwood K'74 and Wendy Morris K'77. On Monday, Oct. 8, Barbara DeBaptiste, president of the National Women's Hall of Fame, stopped for a tour of Hamilton's campus and lunch with students and Harris-Lockwood, Morris and Dean of Students Nancy Thompson. The students included: Corinne Bancroft '10, Robyn Gibson '10, Kenya Lee '10, Melanie Leeds '08, Mallory Reed '10 and Amy Tannenbaum '10.
The National Women's Hall of Fame is a national membership organization recognizing and celebrating the achievements of individual American women. The Hall was founded in historic Seneca Falls, N.Y., the site of the first Women's Rights Convention in 1848.
The students were accompanied by alumnae Cassandra Harris-Lockwood K'74 and Wendy Morris K'77. On Monday, Oct. 8, Barbara DeBaptiste, president of the National Women's Hall of Fame, stopped for a tour of Hamilton's campus and lunch with students and Harris-Lockwood, Morris and Dean of Students Nancy Thompson. The students included: Corinne Bancroft '10, Robyn Gibson '10, Kenya Lee '10, Melanie Leeds '08, Mallory Reed '10 and Amy Tannenbaum '10.
The National Women's Hall of Fame is a national membership organization recognizing and celebrating the achievements of individual American women. The Hall was founded in historic Seneca Falls, N.Y., the site of the first Women's Rights Convention in 1848.
