{"id":129,"date":"2022-08-10T14:58:08","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T14:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wbbm.digitalprojects.brynmawr.edu\/dev\/?page_id=129"},"modified":"2022-09-16T16:48:06","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T20:48:06","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wbbm.digitalprojects.brynmawr.edu\/why-build\/exhibit\/home\/","title":{"rendered":"“Welcome Home!”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\u200bNew Bryn Mawr students are today greeted with this familiar phrase, but it was first used by James Rhoads in his address to the students at Bryn Mawr\u2019s opening in 1885. Rhoads and other Bryn Mawr Trustees wanted to impress upon students and their families that Bryn Mawr<\/span> would not disrupt social norms by dislocating young women from the private sphere. Instead, it would be an extension of the domestic realm. This was crucial, for harmonious homes were believed to refine and morally instruct young women. The preservation of nineteenth-century family values in the home was believed to safeguard, even spread the influence of white, Euro-American Christian civilization. Bryn Mawr students were held responsible for the success of this future.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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“We\u202fwelcome\u202fyou to your new home <\/strong>and new duties… That\u202fthose who follow you will look back and find from your\u202fexample nothing but an inspiration towards what is wise,\u202fbest and noble in young\u202fChristian womanhood, I feel\u202fassured…\u202fThat you may\u202fadorn such homes\u202fis the highest aim of Bryn Mawr.” \u200b<\/p>James E. Rhoads, Inaugural Address for Bryn Mawr College<\/em>, 1885\u202f \u200b<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Continue Exploring “Welcome Home!”<\/em>:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Designing a Women’s Haverford<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The “Divine Idea”<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Adorning the Home<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Fun for the Fireside<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Separate Spheres, separate Buildings<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Who Built the Annex?<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Caring for the Caretakers<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Classifying College Labor<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Larger Systems at Work: “Model Homes”<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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