Matina Horner: Portrait of a Person

Duration: 17

Year Published: 1973

Creator: Radcliffe College

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Description: Presents a personal look at Matina Horner, the young dynamic woman who has become the sixth president of Radcliffe College. Uses old photos, flashbacks, and home movie footage to review her career from high school to college, marriage, graduate study, and inauguration as Radcliffe's president. Allows Ms. Horner to tell in her own words how she has adjusted her life to meet the demands of the many roles she now fills. Includes a brief cartoon, narrated by Ms. Horner, explaining her now famous research on women's expectations or the "fear of success."