A June 6 New York Times article on the centennial of the Spanish-American War quoted MHC professor Amy Kaplan.
Conventional wisdom says the war was precipitated by yellow journalism.
Newspaper headlines blamed the Spanish when the battleship Maine exploded in Havana harbor. This was the age of National Geographic , of the first film footage, of world fairs, and so it was a time when the United States started to see the world as being available for expansion,' said Amy Kaplan, a professor of literature and American studies at Mount Holyoke College who has been writing and lecturing on the centennial. Celebrating in Saratoga Thanks to the efforts of FP alumna Marion Altieri '88, July 17 was officially declared Mount Holyoke College Day in Saratoga Springs, New York. Mayor J. Michael O'Connell signed a proclamation crediting Mary Lyon's vision in starting MHC and the accomplishments of her alumnae, and presented it to officers of the Mount Holyoke Club of Westchester. The group celebrated with a long weekend of events in the renowned Adirondack city.