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Wellesley College Wellesley College Digital Scholarship and Archive Wellesley Magazine (Alumnae Association) Winter 2018 Wellesley Magazine Winter 2018 Wellesley College Alumnae Association Follow this and additional works at: https://repository.wellesley.edu/wellesleymagazine Recommended Citation Wellesley College Alumnae Association, "Wellesley Magazine Winter 2018" (2018). Wellesley Magazine (Alumnae Association). 23. https://repository.wellesley.edu/wellesleymagazine/23 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by Wellesley College Digital Scholarship and Archive. It has been accepted for inclusion in Wellesley Magazine (Alumnae Association) by an authorized administrator of Wellesley College Digital Scholarship and Archive. For more information, please contact [email protected]. WINTER 2018 HUMANITIES, MEET TECHNOLOGY | FROZEN IN TIME HOW TO RAISE A FEMINIST BOY Immigrant Journeys winter 2018 Frozen in Time 32 By Lisa Scanlon Mogolov ’99 There’s something about big snowstorms that open a door to memories of Wellesley past—including the April Fools’ Day blizzard of ’97. Almost 21 years later, an alumna considers the special magic of snow-covered Wellesley. Immigrant Journeys Humanities, Meet Technology 18 By Amita Parashar Kelly ’06 26 By Catherine O’Neill Grace Immigrants and international students have been part A three-year, $800,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon of Wellesley’s fabric since the early days of the College. Foundation has allowed 45 faculty members in 21 departments Six alumnae whose families came to the United States to explore digital humanities in their courses, bringing video fleeing war, political unrest, economic hardship, and tragedy storytelling, virtual-reality projects, and big-data analysis share their stories and recount how the experience has into the classroom. shaped their identities. CONTENTS 1 Departments 2 From the Editor 3 Letters to the Editor 4 From the President 5 Window on Wellesley 16 Shelf Life 36 WCAA 38 Class Notes 71 In Memoriam—Beverly J. Layman 1919 –2017 How to Raise a Feminist Boy 71 In Memoriam—Betty Freyhof Johnson ’44 34 By Jordan Namerow ’05 1922–2017 How does one raise a feminist boy—one who will question 80 assumptions, speak out against injustice, and use his muscles Endnote—Waters Rising to uproot oppression, at a time when the curtain has been By Deborah Lynn Blumberg ’00 pulled back on misogyny in society? Cover art by Nicole Xu Photo of snowbound Severance Green by Richard Howard WELLESLEY MAGAZINE ONLINE magazine.wellesley.edu WELLESLEY MAGAZINE ON TWITTER @Wellesleymag 2 FROM THE EDITOR WINTER 2018 wellesley magazine VOLUME 102, ISSUE NO. 2 From the Editor had been at Wellesley 4½ years when hijacked planes slammed into the World Trade Center Editor towers on Sept. 11, 2001. All the details of that day on campus are seared into my memory: Alice M. Hummer staring at a TV in disbelief with colleagues, emailing students to check on them, answering the phones at the Alumnae Offi ce, which began to ring incessantly. The calls were from alumnae Senior Associate Editors I Lisa Scanlon Mogolov ’99 looking for other alumnae, hoping to learn whether dear friends were safe. In that era before Catherine O’Neill Grace social media, we spent days helping to locate and connect people. Design It was one of those experiences that drove home the fact that Wellesley women are every- Hecht/Horton Partners, Arlington, Mass. where, and that most big news stories have some kind of Wellesley connection. In the years since, unfortunately, we’ve had wildfi res and hurricanes, earthquakes and tsunamis, terrorist attacks Principal Photographer Richard Howard and mass shootings, and elections, coups, and protest marches in many areas of the world. Work at the College for any length of time, and you’ll fi nd yourself hearing news from a particular Student Assistant Emily Bader ’18 region of the world and thinking, “Who are our Wellesley people there? How are they faring? Do they need help?” And when they are in contact, which they often are, the news is given a Wellesley (USPS 673-900). Published fall, whole new human face. winter, spring, and summer by the Wellesley College Alumnae Association. Editorial and Take Hurricane Harvey, for instance. No matter how many times you watch time-lapse clips Business Office: Alumnae Association, of overpasses disappearing under fl oodwaters, the urgency of the situation becomes entirely Wellesley College, 106 Central St., Wellesley, more tangible when you hear that a member of the class of ’00 and her family endured hours in MA 02481-8203. Phone 781-283-2344. Fax 781-283-3638. Periodicals postage paid their home waiting to be rescued as sewage-fi lled water seeped from room to room. The kicker: at Boston, Mass., and other mailing offices. They had to buckle their screaming 2-year-old into her high chair for fi ve hours to keep her safe. Postmaster: Send Form 3579 to Wellesley (I asked Debbie Blumberg ’00 to share her story: See “Waters Rising” on page 80.) magazine, Wellesley College, 106 Central St., Wellesley, MA 02481-8203. Or another example—the debate on immigration that rages in this country. Hearing even one student’s or one alum’s story helps move the discussion out of the abstract and into the realm of Wellesley Policy: people we care about, who are part of our community. One of the objectives of Wellesley, in the best College tradition, is to present interesting, I recently got to know an extraordinary student, an immigrant who became a U.S. citizen some thought-provoking material, even though it time ago. She gave me a glimpse of the lives of farm workers picking fruit in fi elds on the West Coast. may be controversial. Publication of material As a child, she was afraid of being walloped by the apricots her father was tossing down to her to does not necessarily indicate endorsement of the author’s viewpoint by the magazine, the pack and kept closing her eyes. “It’s OK to be afraid,” he said, “but you can’t let fear blind you.” Alumnae Association, or Wellesley College. From this student, I learned how kids of farm workers from all over the world—Russians, Wellesley magazine reserves the right to edit Mexicans, many others—built a community on the soccer fi eld. “We decided we didn’t need and, when necessary, revise all material that to speak the same language,” she says. “We just needed to kick the ball.” (Maybe we adults it accepts for publication. Unsolicited photo- should take note?) And from her, I learned what an impact a gift of kindness can have. As a graphs will be published at the discretion of the editor. child, this student struggled to learn English. An elementary-school teacher saw her diffi culties and KEEP WELLESLEY UP TO DATE! gave her an English dictionary that became her The Alumnae Office has a voice-mail box to be used by alumnae for updating contact constant companion—and a lifeline. She became and other personal information. The number a truly voracious reader, and, of course, even- is 1-800-339-5233. tually ended up at Wellesley. Full of intellectual You can also update your information online curiosity, energy, and genuine warmth, she is an when you visit the Alumnae Association absolute joy to be around. website at www.wellesley.edu/alumnae. Our extended community is full of people with DIRECT LINE PHONE NUMBERS immigration stories, and those narratives are as College Switchboard 781-283-1000 diverse and complex as our community itself. They Alumnae Office 781-283-2331 Magazine Office 781-283-2344 are stories of separation and reunion, of identities Admission Office 781-283-2270 reforged, and a sense of home rebuilt. You’ll fi nd Career Education Office 781-283-2352 six of them in “Immigrant Journeys” (page 18). Resources Office 800-358-3543 These stories—and many others like them— INTERNET ADDRESSES matter. Let’s not forget the people behind the www.wellesley.edu/alumnae news reports. magazine.wellesley.edu Alice M. Hummer, editor JON2018 KRAUSE C/O THEISPOT.COM wellesley magazine WINTER 2018 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 3 Letters to the Editor Wellesley welcomes short letters (300 words disappointed that Wellesley continues to “talk the I never rowed the Head of the Charles, as I maximum) relating to articles or items that have talk,” but has yet to “walk the walk” and divest was never quite good enough on our team to be appeared in recent issues of the magazine. Send its endowment fully from fossil fuel corporations. in the first boat. I say that with some pride, mind your remarks to the Editor, Wellesley magazine, Nancy Yuen ’93 you, as we were one team and one W on the water. 106 Central St., Wellesley, MA 02481-8203, San Diego I was in that boat with them even though I was email your comments to magazine@wellesley. not behind the oar. edu, or submit a letter via the magazine’s website, BOOKS AND KUDOS The women of Wellesley crew are a special magazine.wellesley.edu. Creekfinding (“Healing bunch and remain close years later. Thank you, the Planet, One Creek at class of ’73, for being our first in intercollegiate WHERE’S THE DIVESTMENT? a Time,” fall ’17) sounds competition, which is every bit as champion Reading about the energy, knowledge, and envi- like harsh terrain, but as the 2016 Div. III National Championship ronmental concern of students, faculty, and admin- perhaps not in Iowa. Wellesley team. istration in “The Green Issue” (fall ’17) provided I’ve seen a disappearing See (hear?) you on the river! me with some rare moments of optimism. creek in eastern Africa, Kristin Dykema Barbieri ’90 I looked in vain, however, for some mention and I know of one here Weston, Mass.