by Lynn Sherr ‘63, a broadcast journalist and writer. She is the author of America the Beautiful: The Stirring True Story Behind Our Nation’s Favorite Song.

It doesn’t get much better than a Wellesley woman writing about another Wellesley woman.

British Vogue interviewed Madeleine Albright and Wellesley College president Kim Bottomly on the topic of women in politics. Here’s an excerpt:

There are so many bright, ambitious women in the world, but few seem to be choosing political careers - why do you think that is?

ALBRIGHT: I think that generally there’s a question about how women balance their lives. But I have to say that I don’t think we’re victims of anything. It’s a question of what women choose to do and how women respect each other’s choices. It’s not simple to be a woman. I think it’s harder, frankly, to be a woman than a man, in many different ways. Some of it’s due to biology, in terms of demands and our own sense of guilt about are we in the right place doing the right thing. What I think is that women have to feel that we can do anything we want to do.

My visit to Alumnae Ballroom during Memorial Day weekend. I wish I still lived at Wellesley…

wellesleymag:

The moon over Galen Stone Tower the other night.

National Trends in Grade Inflation: Changes in GPA, 1990-2006, Private Schools

On the far left: my hometown university. On the far right: my college.

The three schools on the far right of the figure are notable. For two decades, Reed has made a significant effort to keep its grades in check. That effort has been successful. Princeton began to control its grades this decade. First Princeton went public with its data. Then it implemented a university-wide policy. As a result, grades have gone down significantly at Princeton over the last several years. Wellesley had a GPA of 3.55 in 2000, the highest GPA I can find anywhere from that year; in 2004, it implemented a new policy on grades. Wellesley’s GPA for 2007-2008 was 3.31. When people say that grade inflation is a problem too difficult to solve, I have to disagree. It can be done. It has been done.

Shall we have a chat in the living room?

LIFE Magazine, 1949
Photographed by Nina Leen

Ellie Goulding on Wellesley’s campus!

wellesleyunderground:

I think Sesame Street writers have been picking up what Wellesley women have been putting down. Love it.

Make the world a better world!

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whathillarywhispered:

“Have you considered Wellesley?”

My hat’s off to you.

50th Anniversary of Wellesley College, 1925

Wellesley College Class Day, 1927
Photographed by Leslie Jones