In This Issue

First class at Bryn Mawr outside Taylor Hall.

A look back through the archives on the 140th anniversary of the first classes at Bryn Mawr College.

Lisa Yun Lee ’91 beside a rotary phone on display at the National Public Housing Museum
Feature

As director of the National Public Housing Museum, Lisa Yun Lee ’91 is challenging narratives about public housing and reimagining the idea of a 21st-century museum.

From left: Dara Picard, Susan Messina, and Kathy Roth-Douquet. Photo courtesty of Blue Star Families.
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A trio of Mawrters works to instill community and improve the lives of military members, spouses, and children through the nonprofit Blue Star Families.

Emma Kioko ’15, Grace Argo ’15, and Jada Ceasar ’20 at the dedication of “Don’t Forget to Remember (Me)” in April 2025.
Our Bryn Mawr

Two of the former leaders of “Black at Bryn Mawr” reflect on 10 years of telling a more inclusive history.

Barbara Miller ’75 poses with her favorite net

After a career spent prosecuting organized crime, Barbara Miller ’75 is spending her retirement rescuing wild animals.

Nurses aides in 1943 yearbook
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From the lantern shortage of 1943 to the recruitment of women codebreakers from the Seven Sisters, learn how World War II came to Bryn Mawr.

Illizt Castillo positions an Etruscan mirror for digital imaging.

Digital technology allows graduate students to bring antiquities to life.

Winona and Jackney at the Boston Debate League
Our Bryn Mawr

Winona Wardell ’28 spent the summer interning with Jackney Prioly Joseph ’06 at the Boston Debate League, where they found they had a lot in common, from Boston to Bryn Mawr.

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