The Sarah Doyle Women's Center is an organization at Brown University, founded in 1974, which "seeks to provide a comfortable, yet challenging place for students, faculty, and staff to examine the multitude of issues around gender". It was named in honor of the prominent Rhode Island educator, Sarah Doyle.
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