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# Virginia Crocheron Gildersleeve

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Virginia Crocheron Gildersleeve was an American academic, the long-time dean of Barnard College, co-founder of the International Federation of University Women, and the only woman delegated by United States to the April 1945 San Francisco United Nations Conference on International Organization, whic

##  Quotes by Virginia Crocheron Gildersleeve

> [...expatriated Americans, evenHenry James himself, have always seemed to me somewhat anchorless, rudderless, drifting before thewind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-crocheron-gildersleeve/expatriated-americans-evenhenry-james-himself-have-always-seemed-to/)

Virginia Crocheron Gildersleeve

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> [There was danger at times that women might not be judged by the highest standards, but more leniently because of their sex.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-crocheron-gildersleeve/there-was-danger-at-times-that-women-might-not-be-judged-by-the/)

Virginia Crocheron Gildersleeve

[Things happen for a reason](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/things-happen-for-a-reason/)

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