In the News

Mary's historic role--Mary Lyon's role in women's education is noted in the September issue of Time Machine, an American history magazine for kids produced by the Smithsonian Institution. In a timeline tracing U.S. education from 1647 (when most colonial children were taught at home) to 1990 ("when 96 percent of the U.S. population is literate"), Mary Lyon's portrait appears above the year 1837 with this text: "Many think only boys should go to college. Mary Lyon helps change that by founding Mount Holyoke College for women in South Hadley, Massachusetts."

Women's work is rarely done--Psychology professor Francine Deutsch was one of six women whose research on women was profiled in the August 23 issue of Hampshire Life. Deutsch's research into the domestic division of labor--what household and child-care tasks married men and women do--has evolved into a book manuscript arguing that "equality is achievable" even though relatively few couples currently share domestic duties equally.

Convention delegate says she's unconventional--Amy Schuppert '98 was interviewed and pictured in the Springfield Union News' coverage of the Republican National Convention. The alternate delegate described herself as "one of six 'out' Republicans" at MHC, claiming the rest would identify themselves as libertarians or independents instead. "I am more of a nonconformist on my campus than the people who pretend to be," she added.

And at least one MHC alumna was also among the convention delegates. Kate Brennwald '92, described in the Hartford Courant as "young, loyal, and moderate," was an alternate delegate who believes the GOP should support "'the big tent' theory of tolerating all points of view."