NOTE

by Gertrude Stein. Rinehart and Co, New York, 1949. First edition inscribed to the artist by Professor Linda Merians, Chief of Staff, Guttman Community College CUNY (retired): An English professor by training, Linda Merians specialised in eighteenth-century British Literature, and taught a wide variety of courses in her field and also in other disciplines, among them South African Literature, Women’s Studies, Shakespeare, and Composition. She was proud to serve on the faculties of Bucknell University and La Salle University from 1984-2000. Since 2000, she has worked in higher education administration at Stony Brook University, the CUNY Graduate Center, and Guttman Community College (CUNY). A proud New Yorker, she is passionate about the positive role public higher education can play in the struggle for access, equity, and justice.