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Ruth Simmons discusses her career as a leader in academia, championing, and demonstrating, the power of diversity to transform lives.
In 2001, Ruth Simmons made history when she became the first African-American president of an Ivy League university, as well as Brown University’s first female president. Prior to this appointment, she served as the first African-American female president of a major university when she took the reins at Smith College in 1995.
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