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...response to accusations of racism, Wellesley College alumna and trustee Henrietta H. Holsman two weeks ago resigned from the college Board of Trustees after weeks of controversy following a speech she gave at a January class at Wellesley...
...wake of the controversy over the speech, Holsman, a 1970 Wellesley graduate, resigned her trustee post, saying she felt her resignation would be in the best interests of Wellesley College...
...could not stand by while Wellesley was torn apart on such an issue [racism] for which neither Wellesley or I stand," Holsman said. "I felt I didn't get a chance to speak before I was judged," she added...
...Anderson says she quickly recognized herself when she read the book in 1971. She and Plath were longtime acquaintances. They both grew up in Wellesley, Mass.; both went on to Smith College, where at different times they even dated the same man. Both were mental patients during the same five months at McLean Hospital near Boston. Anderson's suit was prompted not by the book but by a scene in the movie that was invented by the filmmakers. It shows a suicidal Gilling making advances to Esther Greenwood, the fictional Plath. On the stand, Anderson said she found the seduction...
...Wellesley closed to within one point at the start of round three, and had a chance to tie the match...