Mona Lisa Smile
Katherine Watson teaches art history in 1953 at the respectable all-female Wellesley College. She encourages her conservative students to question and disregard the outdated societal mores for women.
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"My granddaughters like to watch movies over and over. With Mona Lisa Smile, I'm with them. This is a movie that will lift you up and make you smile. Some reviewers on this site claim the movie has a liberal agenda. Well, if its liberal to want young ladies to consider all their options and be able to reach for the stars - if they choose, then who can disagree. Label me with an "L". Recent movies that I will watch again include Groundhog Day, In America, The Emperor's Club, and In & Out. If you liked most of these, watch this movie. You won't be disappointed. An..."
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To prepare for their roles, the lead actresses were sent to a finishing school two weeks before filming. However, unlike the film's depiction, Wellesley College was never a finishing school. It was a private women's liberal arts college that emphasized social activism. After an overwhelmingly negative reaction from Wellesley alumnae regarding the film's highly inaccurate depiction of the college, Wellesley College president Diana Chapman Walsh publicly expressed regret for the institution's association with the film.
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Katherine Watson teaches art history in 1953 at the respectable all-female Wellesley College. She encourages her conservative students to question and disregard the outdated societal mores for women.