The Day I Wore Eleanor Roosevelt’s Bathing Suit

I am a junior now. And when I look out at the real world on the horizon, it’s decorated with ominous clouds. You see, this is the first time on this trip through life that I haven’t had a map to follow. So far, I’ve just had to pass my classes. First grade led to second,…... » Read More

Last February, when the Catholic bishops and congressional Republicans attempted to remove contraceptives from the list of medications freely accessible to all through insurance, many members of the class of 1961 were outraged. As part of the first generation to benefit from birth-control pills, we vividly recalled what access to reliable contraception has meant to…... » Read More

Alumna Wins Fellowship to Pen New Memoir The 1905 Fellowship, awarded last spring by the Alumnae Association to Sehba Sarwar ’86, is one of a few grants currently funding Sarwar’s memoir, What Is Home? “Everything I do is centered around that question,” she says when describing the breadth of her work. “I didn’t quite understand that until I started…... » Read More