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Rushlight, Wheaton's literary and visual arts journal, was founded in 1855 by Lucy Larcom (1824-1893), who taught from 1854 to 1862 at what was then known as Wheaton Female Seminary.

For the first few years of its existence, Rushlight served as both a newspaper and literary magazine.

When Larcom named Rushlight, she proposed as a brief motto this couplet:

A Rushlight flickering and small, is better than no light at all.

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    Rushlight: 2022-2023, Renaissance
    (Wheaton College (Norton, Mass.), 2023) Betsy Allen; Quinn Antle; Charlie Black; Emily Clairmont; Sophie Clarkin; Kyra Conover; Arianna DelMastro; Grace Finin; Lou Foust; JK. G; Chlöe Green; Izzy; Ori C. Li; Kel Loingeán; Lily Maguire; Marley Reed; Abby Rogers; Olivia Lee Rui; Violet S. Russell; Joy Schmutz; Tyler Thoms; Robin Troup; Erin Winship; Maggie Young; Carlos Yu; Mandi Zhu; Emily Zielinski; Kent Shaw; Sophie Clarkin, Senior Editor, Arts Editor; Erin Winship, Co-Editor, Literary Editor; Jolie Gagnon, Arts Editor; Reka Moscarelli, Arts Editor, Web Editor; Zoe Kreuger, Arts Editor; Betsy Allen, Literary Editor; Arianna DelMastro, Literary Editor; Florence Yu, Literary Editor; Reagan Jensen, Literary Editor; Danielle Halnen, Arts Editor; Amanda Hodgkins, Arts Editor; Hannah Abraham; Charlie Black; Ben Cheung; Sophie Clarkin; Leigh Einbinder; Julia Farinacci; Jolie Gagnon; Chlöe Green; Reagan Jensen; Zoe Krueger; Georgiana Nicolosi; Emily Redler; Joy Schmutz; Mandi Zhu; Sophie Clarkin, Layout Team; Erin Winship, Social Media Manager, Layout Team; Jolie Gagnon, Secretary; Maddie Luongo, Treasurer; Hartley Torrison, Events Planner, Outreach Coordinator; Reka Moscarelli, Layout Team; Zoe Krueger, Layout Team; Catriona Stewart, Layout Team; Emmett, Photographer; Jolie Gagnon, Photographer; Shuchnag Gu, Photographer; Lily McDowell, Photographer; Madison Morin, Photographer; Gaby Reiser, Photographer; Mandi Zhu, Photographer
    Wheaton College (Norton, MA) student literary magazine.
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    Rushlight: Fall 2021 - Spring 2022
    (Wheaton College (Norton, Mass.), 2022-05-01) Betsy Allen; Courtney Bodeen; Arianna DelMastro; Matthew Ezzy; Grace Finin; JK. G; Emily Gray; Erin Moynihan; Ori C. Li; Rachel Sidmore; Catriona Stewart; Sam Stone; Grace Vicente; Carlos Yu; Petra Zadoga; Kent Shaw; Betsy Allen, Editor; Courtney Bodeen, Editor; Eve Caplan, Editor; Sophia Clarkin, Editor; Arianna DelMastro, Editor; Tabitha Gilligan, Art Editor; Emily Gray, Web Editor; Use for illustrators; Grayson Beaulieu; Julia Farinacci; JK. G; Emily Gray; Brooke Morganti; Harrison Rios; Sam Stone; Grayson Beaulieu, Art Reviewer, Reader, Photographer; JK. G, Art Reviewer, Reader; Mia Garza, Art Reviewer; Lucia, Art Reviewer; Matthew Ezzy, Reader; Ben Snow, Reader; Brien Wolter, Reader; Matt Cahill, Photographer; Tabitha Gilligan, Photographer; Erin Moynihan, Photographer; Whitney O'Reardon; Lauren P., Photographer; Tyler Phinney, Photographer; Harrison Rios, Photographer; Gracie Vicente, Photographer
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    Rushlight: Spring 1963
    (Wheaton College (Norton, Mass.), 1963-05-01) Dusty Anderson; Pamela Bachrach; Barbara S. Bernstein; Gretchen Brooks; Diane Callum; Robin Downing; Claudia Grossman; Julie L. Guyton; Anne Gwaltney; Susan Hyman; Linda Locke; Natalie Lombard; Marica Lee MacDondald; Pat Magovern; Marilyn Martin; Barbara Orlando; Nancy Pedrick Mairs; Senia Sandahl; Rebecca Serviss; Cita Stuntz; Rachela Lea Subel; Jane Thomas; Kathyrn Kadane, Editor; Alice Bancroft, Art Editor; Carol Schifrin, Art Editing Assistant; Dana Conroy; Carol Schifrin; Cindy Wister; Pat Sayles; Terry McCarty; Penny Farley; Tani Clinchard; [Wessie]; [Read]; Gail Griffith, Literary Board; Adrianne Hirsch, Literary Board; Cynthia Hulbert, Literary Board; Susan Hyman, Literary Board; Pat Sayles, Literary Board; Rachela Subel, Literary Board; Claudia Grossman, Advertising; Carol Nassauer, Business; Martha Chillson, Business Assistant; Pat Lesser, Exchange; Marilyn Martin, Layout; Shelley Myers, Layout; Randy Mersel, Scout; M'Lou Caring, Apprentice; Liz Case, Apprentice; Sue Conrad, Apprentice; Julia Dalton, Apprentice; Cynthia Erb, Apprentice; Linda Locke, Apprentice; Barbara Orlando, Apprentice; Hannah Poole, Apprentice; Laurey Reed, Apprentice
    Wheaton College (Norton, MA) student literary magazine.
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    Rushlight: The Literary Supplement [1927?]
    (Wheaton College (Norton, Mass.), 1927) Virgina Adam; Gertrude Adleman; Phyllis-Marie Arthur; Margaret Gaston; Elizabeth Holmes; Anita Lawrie; Marion Strode; Grace Florence Shepherd; Marion Tuttle; Helen MacGregor, Editor-in-Chief; Julia Ames, Associate Editor; Rosemary Buckingham, Assistant Editor; Margaret Gaston, Assistant Editor; Adah Hatch, Assistant Editor; Hannah Hyatt, Assistant Editor; Anita Laurie, Assistant Editor; Mary Merrill, Assistant Editor; Elena Ziroli, Assistant Editor; Lois Cole, Review Editor; Marion Spiesman, Review Editor
    Wheaton College (Norton, MA) student literary magazine.
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    Rushlight: The Literary Supplement [1928?]
    (Wheaton College (Norton, Mass.), 1928) Julia Ames; Rosemary Buckingham; Margaret Gaston; Marjorie W. Heacox; Anita Laurie; Marry Merrill; Jane Newburger; Esther Rosenberg; Grace Florence Shepard; Marion Tuttle; Helen MacGregor, Editor-in-Chief; Julia Ames, Associate Editor; Rosemary Buckingham, Assistant Editor; Margaret Gaston, Assistant Editor; Adah Hatch, Assistant Editor; Hannah Hyatt, Assistant Editor; Anita Laurie, Assistant Editor; Mary Merrill, Assistant Editor; Elena Ziroli, Assistant Editor; Lois Cole, Review Editor; Eloise Prentice, Review Editor
    Wheaton College (Norton, MA) student literary magazine.