In 1901, Margaretta Morris and Louise Buffum Congdon, two recent
graduates of Bryn Mawr College, edited a collection of short
stories written by then-current students and alumnae, all focused
on life at the College during the M. Carey Thomas era.
One of the most striking aspects of these stories is the degree to
which the student experience at the Bryn Mawr of a century ago
resonates with that of 21st century Mawrters: the intense
engagement with the realm of ideas; the commitment to challenge the
assumptions of their faculty and fellow students; the sheer wit
(sometimes expressed in multiple languages) of their
conversation--even their malediction--all of this is more than
reminiscent of today's students at Bryn Mawr.
The students in these stories grapple with the challenges of
living up to the feminist ideals of M. Carey Thomas in a world that
would not see suffrage for women throughout the United States for
another generation. They strive to take charge of their lives and
reorder relationships with friends, families, and society. They
have much to say to students and alumnae of the College today.
This is not a photographic reproduction, but a paperback reprint
edition, with new pagination, fresh type, and many footnotes (to
gloss literary references, foreign language quotations, and so
forth). These notes and the Foreword are written by Mark
Koltko-Rivera, an award-winning scholar--and formerly a three-year
resident of Bryn Mawr's Rhoads Hall (while a member of the
Haverford College Class of 1978).
"From the original editors's Preface (1901): "
Some readers may ask which of the many heroines in these tales is
the typical Bryn Mawr girl. The reply is no one, but all. Bryn Mawr
students come from all parts of the country, from all sorts of
different surroundings, and on entering college they do not,
popular prejudice to the contrary, immediately drop their
individuality and become samples of a type. We have among our
number the pedant, the coquette, the athlete, the snob, the poser,
the girl who loves dress and prettiness, and she who affects
mannish simplicity, the all-round girl, the serious-minded, and the
frivolous. Yet none of these is the Bryn Mawr girl "par
excellence." That mythical personage can be known only by comparing
and contrasting her various incarnations.
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