{"id":309,"date":"2025-08-28T14:49:03","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T14:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/?page_id=309"},"modified":"2025-09-24T19:35:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T19:35:36","slug":"olga-de-quintero-class-of-1933","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/olga-de-quintero-class-of-1933\/","title":{"rendered":"Olga de Quintero, class of 1933"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/compass.fivecolleges.edu\/islandora\/object\/mtholyoke%3A47857\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"734\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1005\/2025\/08\/InternationalStudents180-734x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Olga de Quintero, shown in a waist-up shot, wears a black top with her hair tied up. Llamarada 1933.\" class=\"wp-image-58\" style=\"width:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1005\/2025\/08\/InternationalStudents180-734x1024.jpg 734w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1005\/2025\/08\/InternationalStudents180-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1005\/2025\/08\/InternationalStudents180-768x1072.jpg 768w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1005\/2025\/08\/InternationalStudents180.jpg 1007w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 734px) 100vw, 734px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><sup><sub>Olga de Quintero, class of 1933<\/sub><\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Olga de Quintero began at Mount Holyoke in 1930 and graduated in 1933. She majored in economics and minored in history. She served as a special editor for the <em>Mount Holyoke News<\/em>, was a member of the Cosmopolitan Club, and held positions in the Pageant Dance Committee and Model League of Nations. She performed as a dancer in the 1932 play <em>L.O.B.<\/em> at Mount Holyoke. She played the role of Foible, Lady Wishfort\u2019s maid, in <em>The Way of the World<\/em> by William Congreve. The production was part of the Playshop Laboratory and was directed by Jeannette Marks for the English literature and drama classes. It was performed on February 24 and 25, 1932. At the dance recital held on March 15, 1932, in Chapin Auditorium, she performed in \u201cPart I, the Opening March\u201d, a dance set to music by Sergei Prokofiev. In the 1933 drama production <em>Persephone<\/em>, Quintero assumed the roles of Persephone\u2019s companions and river maidens. In 1944, she obtained her master of arts degree from Vassar College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/compass.fivecolleges.edu\/islandora\/object\/mtholyoke%3A47854\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"621\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1005\/2025\/08\/InternationalStudents179-1024x621.jpg\" alt=\"Group picture of the Cosmopolitan Club. Olga de Quintero sits first from the left in the second row, wearing traditional clothing. Llamarada 1930.\" class=\"wp-image-57\" style=\"width:500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1005\/2025\/08\/InternationalStudents179-1024x621.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1005\/2025\/08\/InternationalStudents179-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1005\/2025\/08\/InternationalStudents179-768x466.jpg 768w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1005\/2025\/08\/InternationalStudents179-1536x932.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1005\/2025\/08\/InternationalStudents179.jpg 1983w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><sup><sub>Cosmopolitan Club, <em>Llamarada<\/em> 1930. <\/sub><\/sup><br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olga de Quintero began at Mount Holyoke in 1930 and graduated in 1933. She majored in economics and minored in history. She served as a special editor for the Mount Holyoke News, was a member of the Cosmopolitan Club, and held positions in the Pageant Dance Committee and Model League of Nations. She performed as [&hellip;]<\/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-309","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/309","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=309"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":704,"href":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/309\/revisions\/704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}