Get to know the women in leadership who helped found The New School. Presented by the Women’s Legacy Project, this feminist historical research shares the stories of numerous little-known but leading women, each of whom helped craft The New School’s rich history. This episode dives into the biographies of the ten women—the founding foremothers—who signed the university's founding document.

Voiceover: Celeste Sena (BA Theater '20)

Music: Stefania deKennessey (Professor of Music)

Faculty in order of appearance:
Gina Luria Walker (Professor of Women's Studies & Director of The New Historia)
Claire Potter (Professor of History & Executive Editor of Public Seminar)
Ellen Freeberg (Associate Dean of The New School for Social Research)
Stefania deKenessey (Professor of Music)
Savanna Washington (Professor of Media Studies)
Cecilia Rubino (Professor of Theater)

Learn more about The New School’s history:
https://newschool.edu/about/history/

Introduction: 0:00
The Women’s Legacy Project: 1:35
The Founding Mothers: 4:09
Dorothy Payne Whitney Straight Elmhirst: 6:43
Emily James Smith Putnam: 8:13
Cornelia Solomon Schoeneich: 8:45
Caroline Tilden Bacon: 9:11
Ruth Standish Baldwin: 10:16
Frances Amelia Fincke Hand: 10:58
Margaret Dreier Robins: 11:47
Charlotte Hunnewell Sorchin Mitchell: 12:26
Katrina Brandes Ely: 13:45
Mary Harriman Rumsey: 14:06