We’re still feeling the love here at PreserveCast! Today we’re talking with Trisha Tanner, Executive Director of the Alum Association at Mount  Holyoke, about Esther Howland (Mount Holyoke class of 1847), known as the “mother of the American valentine.” At a time when most women didn’t have the opportunity to be employed, let alone lead, Howland founded her card-making business and pioneered an entire industry.