This post is a part of the Hawa Tunkara ’21 FLI Oral Histories Collection. You can view other online materials … More
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Maria Hinojosa ’84
Hinojosa’s Early Years: From Barnard to CNN Born in Mexico City in 1961, Maria de Lourdes Hinojosa was the youngest … More
Edwidge Danticat, Risk Taker and Writer
Edwidge Danticat ’90 is a celebrated and internationally renowned author known for her fearlessness and innovation in writing. A jack … More
Alyssa Mt. Pleasant: Haudenosaunee Historian
“I don’t think we can understand how we got to where we are as a nation without an understanding of … More
Sabra Moore at the MoMA
In December 2019, I visited the newly-reopened MoMA. Gallery 205 – “Print, Fold, Send” features the Reconstructed Codex (photocopier edition), … More
‘Our Own Celebration’: the World War I Armistice Parade at Barnard College
In his book Only Yesterday (1931), Frederick Lewis Allen describes the celebrations in New York City after the World War … More
Sex, “togetherness,” and this bit of nonsense: Letters from the Dorms
Among the collection of materials housed in the Barnard archives are the correspondence and personal writings of the young, lively, … More
Crushes, Bullying, and Boredom in Watercolor: Pages from Edith Louise Allen’s Scrapbook
Edith Louise Allen was a student at Barnard from 1908-1910. Though she never graduated, she clearly possessed the creativity, imagination, … More
A Day in the Life of a Barnard Student, circa 1950
These excerpts come from the collected letters of Jean Ziegler, Class of 1950. The Barnard Archives possesses over 70 of … More
5 Barnard Alums That Should Be on Your Radar
Though these five alumnae may not hold the star power of a graduate like Martha Stewart or Cynthia Nixon, they have all … More