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MS 0059-13-13-006
1942 May 25
Eleanor Roosevelt gave the 1942 commencement address on the theme of coeducation and a women's role in the world, it being the fiftieth anniversary of coeducation at Washington College. She also was the first women to receive an honorary degree, a doctorate of law.
[item identification], Washington College chronological collection, MS 0059, Archives and Special Collections, Washington College, Chestertown, Maryland.