Letters to the Editor I am writing in response to Marie Muirhead Escher’s comments on my article on remembering Dr. Pope. I am so There is a towering problem with the
not recent arrivals at Mills. Thank you so much for reminding us of Aurelia Henry
Shakespeare’s plays: He died in 1604,
Reinhardt’s place in this history.
Timon of Athens, Macbeth, Anthony and Cleopatra, Coriolanus, The Winter’s Tale, The Tempest, Henry VIII, and possibly Measure for Measure, Othello, and All’s Volume CXI, Number 4 (USPS 349-900) Summer 2022
Well that Ends Well.
President Elizabeth L. Hillman
came from the Victorian assertion that no
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The question of Shakespeare’s authorship never arose at all until 1848, and it low-born son of a glover could have had the genius to write those plays. The idea that you can’t be a genius if you are from the “lower” classes is unacceptable today.
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There are innumerable primary sources directly
supporting
states the position against the acquisition of Mills by Northeastern? There is a huge community of alums that is very angered by the way they have been treated, the way the students are being treated, and the way the faculty has been treated by the administration. –Nan Roche ’75, College Park, Maryland Since 2007, publishing Mills Quarterly has been a function of the College’s Office
authorship. For me, the clincher is the
of Institutional Advancement, not the
letter that his friends Henry Condell and
AAMC. Per the 2017 Memorandum of
John Hemmings wrote when they pub-
Understanding, there are three pages in
lished his plays at their own expense.
each issue reserved for the AAMC, and
You can find it by googling “To the great
Quarterly staff provides logistical (though
variety of readers.”
not editorial) support for that content. We
For a thorough explanation of why
look forward to continuing that relation-
Edward de Vere (a drunkard, a wastrel,
ship with the AAMC well into the future.
a brawler, a pedophile, and an incom-
The areas in the magazine that are open
petent) is in no way qualified to be
for submissions—such as this Letters to the
Shakespeare, you can find my blog post
Editor page and Class Notes—have featured
at CarolWolf.net
a wide variety of opinions about the Mills
–Carol Holtzman Wolf ’80, O’Neals, California I noted on page 20 of the spring 2022 issue that George Hedley was identified
ology and anthropology, my major when I graduated in 1963. I still remember him, a gnome-like figure with a cigarette dangling from his mouth, sitting cross-legged on top of the desk during the Intro to Sociology class, talking about his experience organizing unions on farms in the San Joaquin Valley in the 1930s. Having been raised
to edit letters for length and clarity.
by Methodist missionaries in China, he
M I L L S Q U A R T E R LY
has there not been a single article that
Shakespeare’s
The Quarterly reserves the right
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If the Quarterly is truly the voice of the AAMC—that is to say, the alumnae—why
Shakespeare.
was at Mills. I recall him as head of soci-
Submit your letter to the editor via
–Linda Hollander Page ’63, Guelph, Ontario
It is curious that it is still being applied to
as a “professor of economics” when he
Share your thoughts
Social justice, respect for diversity, and
claim that the 17th Earl of Oxford wrote before Shakespeare wrote King Lear,
Managing Editor Allison Rost
ing Mandarin... if I remember correctly. a commitment to global citizenship are
pleased she enjoyed it.
Associate Vice President for Institutional Advancement Nikole Hilgeman Adams
was fluent in reading, writing, and speak-
transition and merger. By the numbers, we calculate that we were able to publish 90.1% of the many submissions we’ve received since the announcement about the College’s transition was made on March 17, 2021. –Ed.
Did you meet your partner or spouse while you were both at Mills? We are planning to feature Mills love stories in our winter 2023 issue, and we want to hear from you! Reach out to quarterly@mills.edu, and we’ll be in touch.
