Volume CX, Number 3 (USPS 349-900) Spring 2021
Letters to the Editor Besides the inequities and struggles por-
Gamble). Many students had campus
President Elizabeth L. Hillman
trayed, I was disturbed by some things in
jobs; I waited tables. We chose Mills not
the article “Black Power and the Mills Girl”
to find husbands, but to get a good educa-
Associate Vice President for Institutional Advancement Nikole Hilgeman Adams
(Mills Quarterly, winter 2021). I was at
tion unhampered by men in our classes.
Mills from 1957 to 1961, somewhat before
Actually, after our first year, when there
Managing Editor Allison Rost
the era being described, but I do not agree
were “exchanges” with men from UC fra-
that marriage was promoted, or even being
ternities and from St. Mary’s College, it
a “lady.” We were asked to remember who
was quite difficult to find a man to date!
we are and what we represent. I took that
I met mine by joining Model U.N.
Design and Art Direction Nancy Siller Wilson Editorial Assistant Lila Goehring ’21 Contributors Kate Robinson Beckwith, MFA ’13 Rebecca Bodenheimer Arya Samuelson, MFA ’19 Editorial Advisory Committee Angela Bacca, MBA ’12 Sheryl Bizé-Boutté ’73 Melissa Bender Henley ’99 Sarah Lehman ’86 Mira Mason-Reader ’15 Mari Matoba ’03 Livi Perez ’14, MA ’17 Mason Stockstill, MFA ’09 The Mills Quarterly (USPS 349-900) is published quarterly by Mills College, 5000 MacArthur Blvd., Oakland, CA 94613. Periodicals postage paid at Oakland, California, and at additional mailing office(s). Postmaster: Send address changes to the Office of Institutional Advancement, Mills College, 5000 MacArthur Blvd., Oakland, CA 94613.
to mean to have respect for oneself and
At
my
graduation,
then-Governor
others. Child psychology courses were
Edmund (Pat) Brown spoke. When he
in the general psychology department. I
started out saying he was very honored
don’t remember a home economics class,
to be asked to speak at this “classy GIRLS’
but I did take economics and subscribed
school,” a student-wide groan was heard! –Kathrine Stacey Baxter ’61, Pacific Palisades, California
to the Wall Street Journal the whole time I was there. By 1957, there was no special mention of engaged or married students at graduation. The engagement ceremony in the residence dining hall consisted only
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There were also many scholarship students (I had a full one from Procter &
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M I L L S Q U A R T E R LY
A longtime favorite gets an update! The AAMC’s beloved eucalyptus leaf pins, originally created by the Class of 1948 for its 50th Reunion, have undergone a redesign, and we’re happy to share them with you. As before, the leaves are handpicked on the Mills campus and then preserved in 24-karat gold or sterling silver. These new pins feature the delicate texture of the original leaves and a more refined shape. Gold or silver plating traces the veins of the leaves to create the look of fine filigree jewelry. Gold pins are $45 each and silver are $40 each plus shipping and handling. Purchase one or browse many other merchandise offerings (all sales benefit the AAMC or Mills College) on our online store at aamcmerch.square.site.
