Schlesinger Library Newsletter Fall 2013

Betty Friedan in Israel, 1973. Photo courtesy of Schlesinger Library

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It Changed My Life

As the repository of Betty Friedan’s papers, the Schlesinger Library is in a unique position to celebrate the 50th anniversary of her book The Feminine Mystique.

Martinez grinds cornmeal with a traditional metate in Oaxaca. Photo by Laurie Smith, courtesy of Schlesinger Library

Zarela: Pioneer of Regional Mexican Cuisine

Zarela Martínez is credited with bringing sophisticated regional Mexican cuisine to New York City. But she’s more than a chef and restaurateur: she has written cookbooks, hosted television shows, and developed products for a national retailer.

Charles Wilburforce Ames and Mar Lesley Ames, undated. Courtesy of Schlesinger Library

Many Families, One Collection

In January 2012, the historian Sydney Nathans visited the library to tell us about a remarkable manuscript collection that he thought might be the largest family collection still in private hands. Thus began a conversation that resulted in the Ames Family Historical Collection.

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Jill Lepore. Photo by Rose Lincoln, Harvard Staff Photographer

Lepore Uncovers the Story of Benjamin Franklin’s Sister

As a girl growing up on Franklin Street in Worcester, Jill Lepore learned about Benjamin Franklin, a Founding Father and the original jack-of-all-trades, but she certainly never suspected she’d someday be mired in the life of his nonfamous sibling, Jane. Jenny, he called her. Jenny called him Benny.

Adrienne Rich. Photo by Thomas Victor, courtesy of Schlesinger Library

A Personal Public: Adrienne Rich

In 1996 Adrienne Rich wrote that “suffering is diagnosed relentlessly as personal” and that “we lack a vocabulary for thinking about pain as communal and public.” Rich’s work, however, is a good place to start looking for this vocabulary.

Andy Pforzheimer. Photo by Tony Rinaldo

Andy Pforzheimer

Andy Pforzheimer talks about his family’s strong tradition of philanthropy at Harvard and the passion his grandmother Carol K. Pforzheimer ’31, who died in 2010, felt for Radcliffe. “It makes sense that we stay involved with Radcliffe as a kind of ongoing memorial to my grandmother,” he says.