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␈↓ ↓H␈↓α␈↓ ∧∩REMINISCENCES OF MARGARET YOUNG

␈↓ ↓H␈↓α␈↓ ¬Fby Emma Duchane

␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓ α_I␈α
met␈α∞Margaret␈α
around␈α∞1955␈α
when␈α∞we␈α
were␈α
both␈α∞undergraduates␈α
at␈α∞M.I.T.␈α
 She␈α∞had␈α
just
␈↓ ↓H␈↓decided␈αto␈αswitch␈αto␈αa␈αphysics␈αmajor␈αfrom␈α
chemistry␈αand␈αwe␈αbegan␈αto␈αbe␈αin␈αmany␈αclasses␈α
together.
␈↓ ↓H␈↓(Margaret graduated with degrees in both physics and chemistry.)

␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓ α_Some␈α
of␈α
you␈αmay␈α
remember␈α
what␈αsociety␈α
was␈α
like␈α25␈α
years␈α
ago,␈αand␈α
most␈α
relevant,␈αwhat␈α
was
␈↓ ↓H␈↓expected␈α⊃of␈α⊃females.␈α∩ To␈α⊃be␈α⊃"feminine"␈α⊃was␈α∩to␈α⊃be␈α⊃pretty,␈α⊃less␈α∩intelligent␈α⊃than␈α⊃any␈α∩male␈α⊃who
␈↓ ↓H␈↓happened␈α⊃to␈α∩be␈α⊃in␈α⊃your␈α∩presence,␈α⊃and␈α⊃above␈α∩all␈α⊃else,␈α⊃to␈α∩devote␈α⊃all␈α⊃your␈α∩time␈α⊃to␈α∩catching␈α⊃a
␈↓ ↓H␈↓husband.␈α
 Even␈α
at␈α
M.I.T.,␈α
most␈α
women␈α
willingly␈α
accepted␈α
this␈α
role.␈α
 Margaret␈α
did␈α
not.␈α
 She␈α
was␈α
an
␈↓ ↓H␈↓unusually independent and creative person.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓ α_Margaret␈αhad␈αmany␈αinterests.␈α At␈αthe␈αtime,␈αshe␈αwas␈αnaturally␈αmost␈αinvolved␈αwith␈αthe␈αstudy
␈↓ ↓H␈↓of␈α
physics,␈α
but␈α
she␈α
loved␈α
the␈α
world␈α
and␈αexploring␈α
it␈α
and␈α
often␈α
found␈α
time␈α
to␈α
go␈αsailing,␈α
swimming,
␈↓ ↓H␈↓kayaking,␈αhiking,␈αflying␈αand␈αrock␈αclimbing.␈α Folk␈αdancing␈αwas␈αa␈αgreat␈αpassion␈αof␈αhers.␈α Margaret
␈↓ ↓H␈↓was␈α∃a␈α⊗fine␈α∃craftsman␈α⊗and␈α∃among␈α⊗other␈α∃things␈α∃was␈α⊗noted␈α∃for␈α⊗being␈α∃an␈α⊗especially␈α∃skilled
␈↓ ↓H␈↓glassblower.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓ α_She␈α∂had␈α∂an␈α∂outlook␈α∂on␈α∂life␈α∂that␈α∂I␈α∂think␈α∂is␈α∂typical␈α∂of␈α∂M.I.T.␈α∂ She␈α∂believed␈α∂in␈α∂control␈α∂of
␈↓ ↓H␈↓emotion,␈α∩in␈α∩the␈α∩application␈α∩of␈α∩reason␈α∩to␈α∪all␈α∩phases␈α∩of␈α∩existence,␈α∩to␈α∩the␈α∩sophisticated␈α∪use␈α∩of
␈↓ ↓H␈↓technology,␈α
to␈αsolving␈α
problems,␈α
and␈αshe␈α
loved␈α
science.␈α She␈α
could␈α
always␈αbe␈α
relied␈α
on␈αto␈α
be␈αin␈α
full
␈↓ ↓H␈↓control␈α∞in␈α∞dangerous␈α∞situations␈α
-␈α∞like␈α∞when␈α∞we␈α∞began␈α
to␈α∞be␈α∞surrounded␈α∞by␈α∞thunderheads␈α
when
␈↓ ↓H␈↓flying␈α∩in␈α∩a␈α∩small␈α∩plane.␈α⊃ I␈α∩have␈α∩a␈α∩problem␈α∩with␈α∩vertigo␈α⊃and␈α∩tend␈α∩to␈α∩avoid␈α∩heights,␈α∩but␈α⊃at
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Margaret's␈α
urging,␈α
I␈α
went␈α∞rock␈α
climbing␈α
with␈α
her.␈α
 I␈α∞had␈α
full␈α
confidence␈α
that␈α
if␈α∞Margaret␈α
chose
␈↓ ↓H␈↓the␈α
equipment,␈α
tied␈α
the␈α
knots␈α
and␈α
held␈α
the␈α
rope,␈α
everything␈α
would␈α
be␈α
in␈α
order␈α
and␈α
safe␈α
if␈αshe␈α
said
␈↓ ↓H␈↓it was.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓ α_Margaret␈α
and␈α
I␈α
shared␈α
many␈α
things␈α
at␈α
a␈α
sensitive␈α
time␈α
in␈α
our␈α
lives.␈α
 I␈α
learned␈α
to␈α
rely␈α
on␈α
and
␈↓ ↓H␈↓trust␈α∪her␈α∪strength␈α∪and␈α∪control.␈α∪ I␈α∪think␈α∀in␈α∪me␈α∪and␈α∪her␈α∪other␈α∪friends␈α∪at␈α∪M.I.T.␈α∀she␈α∪found
␈↓ ↓H␈↓understanding.