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WINTER 2017 | AFTER THE ELECTION | RAISING OUR VOICES cover_final.indd 1 2/2/17 5:48 PM winter 2017 Women Who Run After the Election By Amy Mayer ’94, Amita Parashar Kelly ’06, By Yolette García ’77 and Liz Johnson ’01 18 28 The weeks following Nov. 8, 2016, brought the When that “highest and hardest glass ceiling” Wellesley campus together and provided a host of didn’t shatter during the 2016 presidential election, educational moments—drawing on liberal-arts women began to set their sights on future races. traditions of discussion and debate. Alumnae in public service discuss what advances— or hinders—the march toward gender parity in the political arena. toc-pg1_final.indd c2 2/3/17 11:51 AM CONTENTS 1 Departments 2 From the Editor 3 Letters to the Editor 4 From the President 5 Window on Wellesley 16 Shelf Life 42 WCAA 46 Class Notes Raising Our Voices 84 Endnote—Chasing Nora By Jennifer Vanasco ’94 By Broti Gupta ’16 36 Women with high voices get labeled shrill or childish. If they speak with deep voices, it’s lecturing or hectoring. Wellesley radio broadcasters, voice actors, and linguists, among others, speak out on how to approach the “problem” of women’s voices. Cover illustration by Stephen Webster Photo of Wellesley students at the Nov. 18 protest march by Richard Howard WELLESLEY MAGAZINE ONLINE magazine.wellesley.edu WELLESLEY MAGAZINE ON TWITTER @Wellesleymag toc-pg1_final.indd 1 2/3/17 11:51 AM 2 FROM THE EDITOR WINTER 2017 wellesley magazine VOLUME 101, ISSUE NO. 2 From the Editor tronger together. We’ve heard that phrase a lot in the past year. For some of you, it’s a Editor slogan that resonates sadly now. Others may have been more focused on making America Alice M. Hummer great again or feeling the Bern, and those two words don’t call up quite as much. Senior Associate Editors But to the degree possible, let’s step aside from the political and talk about what Lisa Scanlon Mogolov ’99 “stronger together” means for our community. It means that when a student needs Catherine O’Neill Grace emergencyemergenc dental work, she can get a loan from Wellesley Students’ Aid Society, thanks to funds Design provided by alumnae who graduated decades before she was born. It means when an alum leaves Hecht/Horton Partners, Arlington, Mass. an iPad on a plane, she can put out “the Wellesley bat signal” online and another alum in a different state can rescue it for her. It can lead to career referrals, a place to stay in a new city, Principal Photographer Richard Howard and support when a spouse dies. In the last few months, “stronger together” has been very evident on campus. As you may Student Assistant know, a truck bearing a large Trump fl ag came through campus the day after the election and Sidikha Ashraf ’19 ended up at Harambee House, before circling back. Students felt outrage, fear, and a whole range Wellesley (USPS 673-900). Published fall, of other emotions—as many were trying to make sense of what they saw as a new political order. winter, spring, and summer by the Wellesley In the weeks that followed, “stronger together” meant hundreds of students, faculty, and staff College Alumnae Association. Editorial and Business Office: Alumnae Association, showing up on the spur of the moment for a “peace walk.” Led by President Paula Johnson, Wellesley College, 106 Central St., Wellesley, the long line wound around campus and concluded at the lake with words of encouragement. MA 02481-8203. Phone 781-283-2344. “Stronger together” meant professors sharing their expertise at post-election teach-ins; Wellesley Fax 781-283-3638. Periodicals postage paid at Boston, Mass., and other mailing offices. Alumnae of African Descent reaching out to black students; and alumnae clubs sending gifts Postmaster: Send Form 3579 to Wellesley when Acorns, the College’s new multicultural space, opened this semester. magazine, Wellesley College, 106 Central St., This issue wouldn’t have happened without a group of talented, generous alumnae journal- Wellesley, MA 02481-8203. ists working “stronger together.” Our winter cover story—which had been carefully calibrated Wellesley Policy: to stand up whatever happened with the election—crashed and burned on Nov. 9, only three One of the objectives of Wellesley, in the best weeks before our copy deadline. Amita Parashar Kelly ’06, Amy Mayer ’94, and Liz Johnson ’01 College tradition, is to present interesting, thought-provoking material, even though it agreed to split up the reporting on a new article—about the march toward gender parity in the may be controversial. Publication of material political arena (“Women Who Run,” page 18). does not necessarily indicate endorsement of A couple weeks later, Amita, the lead writer, emailed me at 3:48 A.M. on the way to the hospital the author’s viewpoint by the magazine, the Alumnae Association, or Wellesley College. for the early delivery of her baby son. She had the presence of mind to send the partly written article and all the interview notes. Amy—who works full-time for Iowa Public Radio—stepped Wellesley magazine reserves the right to edit in and fi nished it by deadline. A doff of the hat to this trio for grace under pressure. and, when necessary, revise all material that it accepts for publication. Unsolicited photo- We also owe a debt of gratitude to Yolette García ’77, another journalist with a day job. graphs will be published at the discretion of When it became clear that we needed to develop a second new feature on post-election campus the editor. events stat, she gulped and dove into reporting from Dallas, aided by the magazine staff. “After the Election” on page 28 is the result. And praises to Jennifer Vanasco ’94, who delivered her KEEP WELLESLEY UP TO DATE! The Alumnae Office has a voice-mail box to fascinating article on women’s voices (“Raising Our Voices,” page 36), on time and in little need be used by alumnae for updating contact of edits. A terrifi c piece of reporting. and other personal information. The number is 1-800-339-5233. Why am I telling you all of this? Only to point out that what I see in You can also update your information online our wider community gives me great when you visit the Alumnae Association website at www.wellesley.edu/alumnae. hope. I see people, though sometimes stretched almost to breaking, going DIRECT LINE PHONE NUMBERS further and doing more. I see wit, and College Switchboard 781-283-1000 Alumnae Office 781-283-2331 intelligence, and the ability to seek out Magazine Office 781-283-2344 facts and analyze them. I see empathy Admission Office 781-283-2270 for those who are marginalized or in Career Education Office 781-283-2352 Resources Office 800-358-3543 need—and a desire to take action to help. I see generosity and camaraderie. INTERNET ADDRESSES I see that we are stronger together. www.wellesley.edu/alumnae magazine.wellesley.edu Alice M. Hummer, editor pg2-3_letters_final.indd 2 2/2/17 2:53 PM wellesley magazine WINTER 2017 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 3 Letters to the Editor ON ELECTION NIGHT Regrettably Wellesley mag’s post-election “Hillary TWEETS TO THE EDITOR victory celebration” party article embarrasses Wellesley welcomes short letters (300 words with its parochialism (“A Night to Remember,” maximum) relating to articles or items that have fall ’16). Surely holding a gala to cheer the fi rst appeared in recent issues of the magazine. Send 4 my magazine landed at last—after 5 Wellesley alumna president … sounds divisive in moves in 2 years—in my mailbox. your remarks to the Editor, Wellesley magazine, the school body. One imagines Republican-leaning started crying over new president paula 106 Central St., Wellesley, MA 02481-8203, students and faculty sensing they need not attend? johnson’s letter. oh swelles! email your comments to magazine@wellesley. That post-facto party sounded gushingly politically —@estherwhykim (Esther Kim ’12) edu, or submit a letter via the magazine’s website, correct—but then I’m an alumna Trump supporter. magazine.wellesley.edu. 4 Thrilled to see this @Wellesleymag Neither innocent, nor misled, Trumpian voters essay on writing for kids, esp this feature chose with eyes open: Hillary Rodham Clinton ’69 on @malindalo + diversity in kidlit! FIERCELY PROUD was the known quantity, having over a decade http://magazine.wellesley.edu/fall-2016/ After reading the latest issue been a media favorite in news reportage. Trump tell-me-story … of the Wellesley magazine was “the other” and not tested. So far he’s getting —@agentsaba (Saba Sulaiman ’09) (fall ’16), I couldn’t be superlative daily press in the Wall Street Journal. more fi ercely proud of our 4 Glad to see talented kidlit colleagues What were you thinking, dear editor? Why alma mater. The inaugura- profi led in our alum magazine! did you not stop the press, ditch the article, drop Great job, @Wellesleymag http://magazine.