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  • Letters to the Editor

    Fall 2023

    Letters to the Editor

    Many Ways To Make a Difference I was thrilled to read about the new “Ministrations” column for Wellesley magazine. I have felt many times over the years that my career and family choices aren’t the...

  • A photograph of Wellesley’s lightweight four at the 1977 Philadelphia nationals. Pictured are Polly Munts Talen ’77, Kim Cooke Himmelfarb ’77, Eleanor Horrigan Spyropoulos ’80, Karen Cunningham Van Adzin ’79, and Elizabeth “Ping” Pingchang Chow ’79

    Letters to the Editor

    Summer 2023

    Letters to the Editor

    Lessons in Privilege A huge mazel tov from my heart to Peggy McIntosh (“ Unpacker of Privilege ,” spring 2023). In 1987, I was a new teacher at Groton School, where there was one other...

  • Illustration of a Black mother in a hospital bed cradling two newborn babies

    Letters to the Editor

    Spring 2023

    Letters to the Editor

    Brilliance and Bravery I am never prouder to be a Wellesley alum than when I learn about the brilliance and bravery of those among us who face and conquer racism ( “Delivering Care & Justice,”...

  • Photo of Janet McDonald Hill ’69

    Letters to the Editor

    Winter 2023

    Letters to the Editor

    “I am saddened to hear of the passing of Janet McDonald Hill ’69 (‘In Memoriam,’ fall 2022) and deeply grateful for the legacy she leaves on the Wellesley community at large and the Black Wellesley community specifically.”

  • The cover of the summer 2022 issue of Wellesley magazine shows a photo portrait of Madeleine Korbel Albright '59

    Letters to the Editor

    Fall 2022

    Letters to the Editor

    Remembering Madeleine Meaningful read (“ The Negotiator ,” summer 2022). Secretary Albright was one of the most influential in our time. Thank you. Rosarie Jastrow Hartmeyer ’76, Moraga, Calif. Live Fearlessly Wonderful story on Madeleine...

  • Two black and white photo portraits show Lilian Armstrong '58 and Peter Fergusson.

    Letters to the Editor

    Summer 2022

    Letters to the Editor

    Extraordinary Professors Two of my favorite professors while at Wellesley and beyond were Lilian Armstrong ’58 and Peter J. Fergusson (“ In Memoriam ,” spring 2022). I took at least three of Professor Armstrong’s classes,...

  • A photo shows a student sittingo n a bench in Alumnae Valley , with Lake Waban in the distance.

    Letters to the Editor

    Spring 2022

    Letters to the Editor

    A Connection to Wellesley’s Landscape I just wanted to say that I read “ A Sense of Plac e” (fall 2021) by Catherine O’Neill Grace in my home in Baghdad, thousands of miles away from...

  • Nadia Marculescu Lacoste ’44 and Fatimah Gilliam ’96

    Letters to the Editor

    Winter 2022

    Letters to the Editor

    A Tree Grew in Illinois In 1954, I chose to go to Wellesley because it had the most beautiful campus of any other college I had seen. (The education was pretty great, too.) The beautiful...