It is scarcely to be believed that the way already won will ever be lost; but problems there will be, perhaps more difficult, perhaps more subtle, than the early ones, and for their solution there will more and more be needed the trained hand and mind, the will to do and the intelligence to direct.  May there always be Technology women to the fore, 'winning a way which others will keep open.' (From the Introduction, Technology Women, pg 5. Published by the MITWA in 1916)

[MIT's] advanced policy of scientific education for women... gave me the opportunity to obtain the scientific training which has been of inestimable value ... throughout my life.

It’s interesting to reflect, particularly at this point in history, whether “safe spaces” is actually the right term.  Without debating the semantics, I would suggest that “safer” spaces might be a more accurate term . . . [H]ow can we lower the risks to speaking up; how can we increase the likelihood that the other people we’re trying to share perspective with, and ask of change from, actually hear us.  And the most important part of any term, “safer spaces” or otherwise, is acknowledging that there are real risks to speaking up.