The Harvard Crimson

‘A Tour De Force’: Joan McPartlin Mahoney, Pioneering Female Crimson Reporter, Dies at 94

Joan McPartlin Mahoney ’49, The Harvard Crimson’s first female reporter, loved working in the paper’s newsroom at 14 Plympton St. But there was one thing she despised about the job: leaving. Mahoney ...
Yahoo

Joan Jett's 1982 Cover Song Became One of Rock’s Dreamiest Love Anthems

Even if you love the seductive 1982 rock song "Crimson and Clover" by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, you may not know it's actually cover song. It's true. And although both versions of "Crimson and ...
The Harvard Crimson

To the Editor: Joan Pickett is Not a ‘Transit Activist’

Tuesday’s Cambridge City Council election returned six incumbents to office while bringing three new voices, including Joan F. Pickett, whom The Crimson’s newsroom characterized as a “transit activist ...
The Boston Globe

Joan McPartlin Mahoney, Harvard Crimson’s first female reporter, dies at 94

Disappointed that she wasn’t invited to the 100th anniversary celebration for The Harvard Crimson, the university’s student newspaper, Joan McPartlin Mahoney wrote her own first-person account of the ...