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  • A photo shows Nancy Stearns '61 in her New York City apartment.

    Firebrand for reproductive freedom

    Spring 2023

    Feature Story

    After Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022, “I basically just didn’t sleep,” says Nancy Stearns ’61. She vividly remembers what she has called “the bad old days” before Roe, when she was on the front lines of the fight to make abortion legal.

  • Illustration of a reflection of a parent and child standing by the edge of some water, with herons in flight visible in the reflection

    The Rookery

    Spring 2023

    Feature Story

    W e have been walking through the Mississippi swamp for hours when someone, a child, I think, finally spots the first heron, its silhouette unmistakable: an inky S-shaped brushstroke set against an ombre sky. “There!”...

  • History on the Water

    Spring 2023

    Feature Story

    Wellesley’s venerable tradition of rowing—and winning—from Float Night to national championships

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