<p>I attended a celebration of 150 women professors at Johns Hopkins medical school recently (an astonishingly small number given 100+ year history of this institution) and was delighted to learn of the prominence of Smith women. </p>
<p>In 1917, Florence Sabin became the first woman promoted to full professor at Hopkins -she was a graduate of Smith in 1893. She was also the first woman elected to the National Academy of Science (still, she was passed over to be head of Anatomy in favor of her male student!). Of the women who followed her, 5 of 6 graduated from women's colleges (3 from Smith, 1 Radcliffe and 1 Vassar). #6 is still active on the faculty..when I mentioned that my D is at Smith, her first question was "Which house"? By some coincidence, both are from Washburn. </p>
<p>I've always had a healthy respect for the seven sisters, but didn't realize their influence on my own home turf :)</p>