Smithies in the News

DAILY HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE, March 7, 2008
With her play "Commedia dell Smartass" being performed in Hadley this weekend and next, playwright and Smith alumna Sonya Sobieski '91 has sought to take "an ingeniously new slant" on the American high school experience, notes the Gazette arts reviewer. Unfortunately, the Gazette will not allow anyone to view its content without a subscription, so we can't link to the story. (Stupid Gazette.)

Gloria Steinem '56 speaks at Lafayette College
While she considers this year's Democratic presidential primary a truer representation of democracy than previous contests, Smith alumna and feminist activist Gloria Steinem '56 (right, with Naomi at Smith last fall) expressed disappointment recently, to a capacity crowd at Lafayette College, that media coverage focuses on questions of either race or sex but not both. "The battles for racial and sexual equality have been and should be interwoven," she said. "Where does that leave the women of color?"