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Sutematsu Yamakawa. Or Stematz Yamakawa, as she was known here. She now holds the title of Princess Oyama of Japan. Vassar class of 1882 and the very first Japanese woman to receive a college degree. Ever.
Lottie placed two monocles on her face, both crystal-clear glass wrapped in tortoise shell. Her friends all looked at her in disbelief and broke the silence of the library again. “They make me feel more intelligent,”
“I believe only three percent of Americans are in college at all.”
It doesn’t have the trappings of the East Coast, the separation of the classes, the races, old money, new money.
Hortense and Anita had never been great friends, as Hortense was the kind of person who could only be great friends with a book,
