ABSTRACT
The women discussed here could not be appropriate role models for most women of today. Morris, Reichard, and Hahn were born into a world where men alone were leaders, and as best these women could, they made their way in that world. They drew upon their women friends and colleagues for strength, but their strategies for success also included alignment with older teachers or prominent scholars who supported and promoted their work. When career shifts, or retirement, or death took these supporters, the women were left on their own, with minimal or no networks within the discipline to aid them. Each then looked beyond the American linguistics academy. Morris turned first to the Europeans and then expanded her staff in New York. Reichard spent more and more time in the Southwest. Hahn remained surrounded by the women of Hunter College and for a time shifted her scholarship back to literature. Their courage and dedication enabled them to go forward.
