Category: Modern Suffragette

Sweet Briar Challenge and MP Hutson (Pt 2)

“As long as she thinks of a man, nobody objects to a woman thinking.” Virginia Woolf Sweet Briar College. It’s a unique place. Inimitable, really. Rich in women’s history. The College was built on the will of its founder, Indiana Fletcher Williams, in memory of her deceased 16-year-old daughter. Indeed, it’s a women’s college in …

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Hokum, History and Harm (Pt 1)

“Only men could oppress women for thousands of years, then turn around, put on a dress, and complain that they are the most marginalized group in society.” Kara Dansky Remember the Seven Sisters – the original prestigious and renowned women’s colleges that dot the Northeast? Mount Holyoke College, Vassar College, Wellesley College, Smith College, Radcliffe …

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