🎭 Culture Sep 8, 2026 · Augustine Sedgewick

The Two Ladies of Vermont

The American Scholar
American Scholar magazine
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By simple luck, graduation day at the University of Vermont—Wednesday, July 14, 1875—turned out to be “one of the finest days of the summer,” the Burlington Free Press reported with equal parts pride and relief. Less than a week earlier, a tornado had touched down just south of Burlington, home of the university, turning the sky white with hail and shattering hundreds of church windowpanes. But now the winds had calmed, the broken glass had been swept up, and summer had resumed in northern New E

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