When my father proudly mentioned to one of his colleagues that his firstborn child had just been accepted to Bryn Mawr College, he responded: “Let’s hope she doesn’t stop shaving her underarms.”
This quip was relayed to me years later by that same gentleman, with a half apology.
While there was some truth to the suggestion that Bryn Mawrters were not exactly glittery Disney princesses, I didn’t…