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Ayesha Jalal ’78 revolutionized the way South Asian history is taught, particularly regarding the creation of Pakistan during the partition of India in 1947.
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After 30 years as an attorney at Eli Lilly, time on the Wellesley College Board of Trustees inspired a second act in higher education for Alecia DeCoudreaux ’76, who became president of Mills College.
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When Jane Mansbridge ’61 began the work that would eventually earn her the top prize in the field of political science, she was just trying to help the struggling collectives of which she was a member.
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What had begun as a set of urgent repairs to the Margaret Clapp Library grew into a reimagining of how the building might function—not just structurally, but academically and as a more accessible community hub for the campus.
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This summer, as Wellesley closes out its 150th anniversary and the United States celebrates its 250th, Katharine Lee Bates 1880 stands as an exemplary scholar, activist, feminist, global citizen, community builder, and person unafraid to be herself.
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Lulu Chow Wang’s experiences in the Jewett Arts Center helped fuel her lifelong passion for the arts. Now, Wang and her husband, Tony, have made a $25 million gift to the College to help enable the renewal of the masterpiece of modernism.
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Afiya Mbilishaka’s work focuses on the connection between hair and mental health; in addition to being an interdisciplinary scholar and licensed clinical psychologist, Mbilishaka is a hairstylist and an entrepreneur.
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Reports from Around Campus
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Ruth J. Simmons’s experience as a Guest Junior at Wellesley helped shape the trajectory of her distinguished career, which has included her roles as the first Black president of Smith College; the first Black president of an Ivy League school, when she took on that role at Brown University; and the first female president of Prairie View A&M University.