Carol K. Pforzheimer Student Fellowships have been awarded to 14 undergraduates to conduct research at the Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America. The students will research their senior honors theses or independent projects during this academic year.

The recipients and their topics are:

Margaret J. Barker of Eliot House and Lakeville, Conn.:

"The Predicament of Women Writers in the 1950s: A One-Woman Show Based on the Life of Anne Sexton"; Benjamin L. Brown of Lowell House and Morrisville, Pa.: "Exploring the Influences that Shape the Personal Experiences of Breast Cancer Patients and Their Families"; Sara Cable of Lowell House and West Hartford, Conn.: "When Biological Pathology Becomes Sexual Deviancy: How the Medical Discourse on Sexuality Influenced Pauli Murray's Conception of Herself as a Lesbian";

Patricia Collins of Kirkland House and Sinking Spring, Pa.:

"Women's Voices and Women's Lives: A History of the Radcliffe Choral Society"; Nicole DeBlosi of Dunster House and Medford, Mass.: "Flaming Framingham: Constructions of Lesbianism and the Framingham Reformatory for Women Under Dr. Miriam Van Waters"; Jennifer Gootman of Pforzheimer House and Athens, Ga.: "The Psychic Solution: The Historical Evolution of the Psychic Hotline in Terms of Gender, Spirituality, and Talk Therapy";

Rachel Nash of Leverett House and Bayside, N.Y.: "Justine Wise Polier and Juvenile Justice Reform in New York City"; Leah Newkirk of Adams House and Albany, N.Y.: "Telling the Faithfull Story: Historical Definitions of Violence Against Women and the Assault of Starr Faithfull"; Leah Okimoto of Leverett House and Marlborough, Mass.: "The Formation of Hawaiian Food Culture: An Ethnological Study"; Heather Haxo Phillips, Co-op and Oakland, Calif.: "The Life and Leadership of Pauli Murray"; Naomi Seiler of Quincy House and Poughkeepsie, N.Y.: "Adolescent Women and the Politics of Abstinence"; Jennifer Soriano, Co-op and Palos Park, Ill.: "Birth Control through Family Planning Programs in the Philippines"; Rebecca Wallison of Kirkland House and Bethesda, Md.: "Women in Magazine Advertisements"; and Fleur de Vie Weinstock, Co-op and Captain Cook, Hawaii: "A Musical Synthesis of Research, Composition and Performance through Mabel Wheeler Daniels: Woman in Classical Music."

The Pforzheimer Student Fellowship Program is administered by the Schlesinger Library. The awards are supported by an endowed fund given to Radcliffe College by the Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Foundation, Inc., in honor of Carol K. Pforzheimer, who attended Radcliffe College from 1927 to 1930, and received a bachelor of arts from Barnard College in 1931. A director of the Radcliffe College Alumnae Association from 1964 to 1967, Carol Pforzheimer was a trustee of the College from 1967 to 1979. She and her late husband, Carl H. Pforzheimer Jr., '28, MBA '30, received Harvard Medals in June 1987 for their extraordinary service to the University.

The next deadline for applications for Pforzheimer Student Fellowships is March 26, 1998. The awards, which range from $100 to $2,500, can cover expenses, or be used as a stipend in lieu of term or summer employment. Projects on women's work and the family, women and health, the history of community service and volunteer work, and the culinary arts are of special interest. These topics reflect the interests of Pforzheimer and those of five of her grandchildren who studied at Harvard and Radcliffe.