{"id":133,"date":"2025-08-12T13:04:27","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T13:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/?page_id=133"},"modified":"2025-09-24T20:53:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T20:53:13","slug":"sisters-from-around-the-world-international-students-at-mount-holyoke-from-the-1930s-through-the-1960s","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/sisters-from-around-the-world-international-students-at-mount-holyoke-from-the-1930s-through-the-1960s\/","title":{"rendered":"Sisters from Around the World : International Students At Mount Holyoke From the 1930s through the 1960s"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Bertha Akim, certificate student, 1957<\/sub><\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Do you know who the first Mount Holyoke student from your country was? From the 1930s through the 1960s, women from across the globe  arrived on campus, often as the first from their nations. They joined clubs, led committees, performed in plays, and studied everything from the sonnets of Shakespeare to stars in the sky. Each of them contributed to Mount Holyoke\u2019s legacy with their own talent, leaving behind a shimmering trail woven from diligence, wisdom, courage, and compassion. After graduation at Mount Holyoke, carrying the gift that education had bestowed them, they continued on their journey. Some returned home to teach or manage family businesses, while others stayed abroad, pursued graduate work, or entered public service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Some students left only a few traces, yet each shaped the College\u2019s global history in their own unique way. Their stories raise curious questions: How does one represent a country? What challenges and opportunities come with pursuing education far from home? And who decides what it means to belong? Their voices constituted a unique chapter in Mount Holyoke\u2019s history and its commitment to global engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Alice<\/a>
Alice Astkig Sourian, x-class of 1930<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Tanetta<\/a>
Tanetta Vester, class of 1930\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Esther<\/a>
Esther Ward, class of 1931<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Marjory<\/a>
Marjory Rodgers Wright, class of 1932 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Copy<\/a>
Elinor Bradstreet Harper, x-class of 1934<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Olga<\/a>
Olga de Quintero, class of 1933<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Two<\/a>
Martha Thomas, graduate student, 1942\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Moy<\/a>
Moy Yoke Chong, x-class of 1953\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Isabel<\/a>
Isabel Magali Luque-Calero, class of 1957<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Bertha Akim, certificate student, 1957<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Thelma Traub, x-class of 1965<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Grayscale<\/a>
Raga Mohammad, x-class of 1967<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Nopamart<\/a>
Nopamart Intarasalee, class of 1968\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Josette<\/a>
Josette Ngan-Hoa Huynh, class of 1969<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Do you know who the first Mount Holyoke student from your country was? From the 1930s through the 1960s, women from across the globe  arrived on campus, often as the first from their nations. They joined clubs, led committees, performed in plays, and studied everything from the sonnets of Shakespeare to stars in the sky. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2199,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/page-nosidebar.php","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-133","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2199"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":747,"href":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/133\/revisions\/747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}