Episode notes
Anita Hemmings' great-granddaughter Jill Sim tells the story of Anita's experience at elite women's college Vassar, in Poughkeepsie, New York, and the fallout when it was learned before graduation that Anita had been passing for white the entire time.
Keywords
Family History
Passing
American History
Class Issues
Anita Hemmings
Vassar College
Women's History
American Women
19th Century America
Women in Higher Education
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