Don’t idolize Narcissa Whitman
Nidhi Jaltare, Columnist
November 14, 2019
"I am a stranger here myself," by Debra Gwartney, is a book about a young mother who fled Idaho because of its gender expectations. She makes peace with her roots by finding inspiration from Narcissa Prentiss Whitman, specifically her birth and violent death. This violent death happened because Narci...
A Proper Monument? Narcissa Whitman Exhibit
Zoe Brown, Staff Reporter
April 19, 2018
Avisual exploration of the discourse surrounding the Whitman family makes its home in Maxey Museum’s newest exhibit, “A Proper Monument?”, which opened on April 11 and will remain up until May 5. The exhibit features a wall-mounted timeline of the Whitmans and the monuments that they left behind, beginn...
Continuing the Conversation: Politics of Material Memory
Kate Grumbles, News Reporter
February 1, 2018
On October 9, 2017, recognized nationally as Columbus Day and unofficially as Indigenous People’s day, the portrait of Narcissa Whitman hanging in the Great Hall of Prentiss was defaced and the hands on the statue of Marcus Whitman were painted red. This past Friday, students, faculty and staff gathered...
Narcissa Whitman Revisited
Rachel Needham, News Reporter
November 9, 2017
This is a continuation of our 'Narcissa Whitman Painting Defaced' article. In recent months, the United States has seen an uptick in vandalism of statues portraying figures from throughout its history, from Christopher Columbus to Robert E. Lee, from Theodore Roosevelt to Jefferson Davis. Acro...
Whitties still possess missionary spirit
Cara Lowry
October 27, 2011
Four years ago, I was a senior in high school about to make what at that point was the most important decision of my life: where to attend college. As your typical over-analytical 17-year-old girl, I naturally resorted to pro-con lists. On Whitman's, nestled in among things like "free laundry" and...
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