Marie Reith's 1916 vow to 'do good' lives on in new scholarship
October 14, 2025
October 14, 2025
ITHACA, New York, Oct. 14 -- Cornell University posted the following news:
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Marie Reith's 1916 vow to 'do good' lives on in new scholarship
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Sitting in her family's Bronx home on her 19th birthday in March 1916, future pioneering professional engineer Marie Reith, Class of 1921, made a pledge in the gentle cursive of her daily diary.
"And so we get older year by year and what have we accomplished... . . .
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Marie Reith's 1916 vow to 'do good' lives on in new scholarship
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Sitting in her family's Bronx home on her 19th birthday in March 1916, future pioneering professional engineer Marie Reith, Class of 1921, made a pledge in the gentle cursive of her daily diary.
"And so we get older year by year and what have we accomplished... . . .