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The student newspaper of Wellesley College since 1901

The Wellesley News

The student newspaper of Wellesley College since 1901

The Wellesley News

The student newspaper of Wellesley College since 1901

The Wellesley News

First Native American graduate of Wellesley, Marion Roe-Cloud ’38, remembered for her Activism

First Native American graduate of Wellesley, Marion Roe-Cloud ’38, remembered for her Activism

Kisha James | November 20, 2019

Elizabeth Marion Roe-Cloud ’38, a member of the Winnebago tribe, was Wellesley’s first Native American graduate. While at Wellesley, Elizabeth Marion Roe-Cloud was often treated not as a human being,...

College archives uncovered: dogs, queer history and more

College archives uncovered: dogs, queer history and more

Andreea Sabau | November 13, 2019

The Wellesley College Archives are much more than so-called “secret warehouses,” as they are home to a wide range of materials, from old class syllabi to pictures of anti-apartheid protests from the...

Wellesley: the birthplace of Nancy Drew

Wellesley: the birthplace of Nancy Drew

Emma Johnson | November 6, 2019

At age twelve, whenever I could not sleep, I read “Nancy Drew” novels. I would slip out of bed, walk over to my dresser and pick up whichever one of the novels I was currently reading. These included...

Gender Non-conforming sibs have been breaking tradition since 1936. Photo Courtesy of Wellesley College

The Incredulous Life of N.E.B. Ostermann

Rachael Labes | October 8, 2019

On the surface, N. E. B. Ostermann, lived a typical life. Ostermann graduated from Wellesley College as a German Literature major in 1936 and obtained post-bachelor degrees and experience at Northwestern,...

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