A Woman to Know: Anita Hemmings
We know our daughter went to Vassar as a white girl and stayed there as such. — Robert Williamson Hemmings
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In 1893, Anita Hemmings applied to Vassar College. She marked "white" on her application — and hid her race at school, singing in the Vassar Glee Club and studying Latin.
A few months before graduation, her roommate w…
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