<P> In 1953 , Katherine Ann Watson ( Julia Roberts ) , a 30 - year - old graduate student in the department of Art History at UCLA , takes a position teaching `` History of Art '' at Wellesley College , a conservative women 's private liberal arts college in Massachusetts . At her first class , Katherine discovers that her students have already memorized the entire textbook and syllabus , so she uses the classes to introduce them to Modern Art and encourages discussion about topics such as what makes good art . Katherine comes to know her students and seeks to inspire them to achieve more than marriage to eligible young men . </P>
<P> In 1953 , Katherine Ann Watson ( Julia Roberts ) , a 30 - year - old graduate student in the department of Art History at UCLA , takes a position teaching `` History of Art '' at Wellesley College , a conservative women 's private liberal arts college in Massachusetts . At her first class , Katherine discovers that her students have already memorized the entire textbook and syllabus , so she uses the classes to introduce them to Modern Art and encourages discussion about topics such as what makes good art . Katherine comes to know her students and seeks to inspire them to achieve more than marriage to eligible young men . </P>
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