This Sunday, we're reflecting on former Gov. Jane Swift's essay — and processing grief with her.
This is a letter from the editors included in WBUR's weekly opinions and ideas newsletter, Cognoscenti. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox,It’s full of superlatives: youngest woman ever elected to the Massachusetts Senate , first woman to serve as governor of the commonwealth , first governor to ever give birth while in office .
She also received a lot of flack in the process. The press was notoriously hard on her at the time for all sorts of things: her appearance, her decision to keeping living in Williamstown while governor, her family life.reflecting on some of that coverage and how, even in 2023, topics related to “hair, hemlines and husbands” can still dominate above all others when it comes to women in power.
Regardless of what you think of the former governor’s politics, there’s much to learn from – and admire – in her story. I have it on good authority that she’s received several missives from women who see themselves in the piece. And as a fellow working mother of three girls, I can relate. Also this week: a beautiful essay by the novelist Katherine Sherbrooke about saying goodbye to her mother. I haven’t been able to shake the opening lines all week: “
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