Friends Events

Fall 2012 Events

Margaret Mitchell's Year at Smith: Culture and Context

Thursday, October 25, 4:30 p.m. Neilson Library Browsing Room

A presentation by President Carol Christ and Susan Van Dyne, Professor of the Study of Women and Gender and Chair of the Archives Concentration. Read more about this event.

What inspired Margaret Mitchell to go to Smith? What impact could her time in Northampton (1918-1919) have played in the unconventional choices she made after returning to Georgia? How do we understand her identity as a woman writer, both then and now, seventy-six years after the publication of Gone With the Wind? Join us for a lively discussion about the life and literary legacy of one of the world’s most celebrated authors. 

Presented in association with the Smith College Archives.

Against Wind and Tide, Diaries and Letters of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1947-1986

Wednesday, November 7th, 4:30 p.m. Neilson Library Browsing Room

Reeve Lindbergh will read from her mother’s writings and provide context for this, the final installment of her published diaries.  Anne Morrow Lindbergh '28 married Charles Lindbergh and became a noted aviator in her own right, eventually publishing several books on the subject and receiving several aviation awards. She went on to write on many other topics and to raise a family. Gift from the Sea, published in 1955, earned her international acclaim. War Within and Without, the last installment of her published diaries, received the Christopher Award in 1980. Mrs. Lindbergh died in 2001 at the age of ninety-four. Read more about this event.

Reeve Lindbergh is the youngest of Lindbergh's children, and the author of several books. These include the memoir of her childhood and youth, Under a Wing; No More Words, a description of the last years of her mother's life and Forward From Here, a memoir about entering her sixties. 

“A rich and inviting book . . . full of introspective, beautifully crafted accounts of joys and conflicts; a recurring theme is Lindbergh’s frustration at the confines of prescribed gender roles.  An enticing publication.”  -Library Journal

Presented in association with the Sophia Smith Collection.

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