International Women's Day Highlights Year of the Woman
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The Campanile Mount Saint Joseph Academy Volume xlxi, Number 2 march 2015 International Women’s Day highlights Year of the Woman America recognizes influential women in all areas of its history Lisa Ling Margaret Keane Lisa Ling is an American jour- Margaret Keane is an Ameri- nalist who has worked for CNN, can artist. Her paintings of the Oprah Winfrey Network and women with “Big Eyes” inspired National Geographic. She has a movie of the same name this paved the way in journalism, year. For most of her career, Ke- exposing stories about North Ko- ane sold her paintings under her rea, puppy mills, American pris- husband’s name. To claim them ons, bride burning in India and as her own finally and solidify child trafficking in Ghana. her status as artist, she painted a picture in 53 minutes in front of a jury. Condoleezza Rice By Paige Hogan ’15 eral institutions were established, and issue at hand to the public such as the United Nations De- eye and proudly declaring her- Condoleezza Rice is an Ameri- In 1975, Richard Nixon was velopment Fund for Women, to self a feminist as she called upon Elizabeth Blackburn is an can politician and diplomat. She the President of the United advance women’s causes around members of both sexes to work American molecular biologist was the first female African- States, the Vietnam War raged the world. toward a common goal of gender and professor at the University American Secretary of State and on, “Saturday Night Live” pre- With such momentum and equality. of California, San Francisco. the first female National Security miered and wage differences be- publicity, it makes sense to ques- Besides Emma Watson, more Blackburn and her research Advisor. As Secretary of State, tween the sexes were widespread tion where it all went. While the and more women in the public partner Carol Greider discov- Rice spearheaded Transforma- and accepted. We’ve come a long conference has since been held eye are describing themselves as ered the enzyme telomerase, a tional Decmocracy, increasing way, but one of these phenomena several times and an Internation- feminists. Beyoncé proclaimed it crucial part of cellular division. the number of democratic gov- continues in 2015. With the 40th al Women’s Day celebrated every both in her Video Music Award For her research, Blackburn was ernments in the Middle East. anniversary of the International March 8, the Feminist movement performance where the word awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Year of the Woman, it is time which led to the establishment of was displayed in bright, white Physiology/Medicine. to examine not only how far we the conference died out with the lights behind her and in her song have come, but also how much Equal Rights Amendment’s fail- “***Flawless,” which features still needs to be done. ure to be ratified, making it ap- renowned feminist and women’s With the Women’s Movement pear that women would never be rights advocate, Chimamanda hitting its stride in the 1960s and truly equal to men. Ngozi Adichie. Amy Poehler continuing into the 1970s, by However, the stirrings for a and Tina Fey openly speak of the 1975, it seemed women had final- new wave of feminism have be- gender inequality in Hollywood, ly begun to take their equal place gun in the past few years to com- and Poehler has created a founda- in society. By 1975, important bat the issues of wage inequality, tion called “Amy Poehler’s Smart legislation such as Title IX gave workplace discrimination, sexual Girls” to empower young women women the right to their futures assault and abuse. This new wave to be themselves. and opportunities by working to of feminism seeks to eradicate Even everyday women have make the sexes equal. Women’s the notion that the term “femi- been able to express the problems college enrollment had skyrock- nist” is synonymous with “man- women face daily through social eted to 44 percent, a much larger hater,” instead wishing to portray media in the hopes of righting percentage than ever before. Even feminism in its truest form: the these wrongs. The hashtag “#Ye- in the entertainment industry, social, political and economic sAllWomen” sheds light on the women began to become stars equality of the sexes. The move- daily sexism, sexual harassment Robin Roberts in their own right, with the likes ment seeks to empower fellow and discrimination women face Elizabeth Blackburn of Mary Tyler Moore and Carol women to embrace their inner from society. Robin Roberts is an American Burnett leading the way on their feminists, since too many women This new wave of feminism is television broadcaster and two- primetime television shows. Hel- have denied this side of them- clearly determined to have more Maya Angelou was an Ameri- time cancer survivor. Roberts en Reddy’s feminist anthem, “I selves out of fear that men would success than those of the past with can poet and novelist whose was a trailblazer for women in Am Woman,” was #1 on the Bill- misunderstand them. its extremely public and unitive works were crucial in further- broadcasting, specifically in her board chart and earned a Gram- In 2014, the United Nations an- approach. We must build on the ing the Civil Rights Movement work as a female ESPN anchor my for Best Female Performance. nounced a new campaign to form positive reception the movement and African-American literature. and co-anchor of “Good Morn- With the growing feminist solidarity between the genders achieved in 2014 and 2015, and Angelou made history following ing America.” movement in mind, the United and empower men and women to take this opportunity to examine her 1969 memoir, “I Know Why Nations General Assembly de- be advocates for gender equality. how society treats and perceives the Caged Bird Sings,” when she clared 1975 “International Wom- The campaign’s spokeswoman, women. By embracing this new became the first female African en’s Year” and held the first World Emma Watson, gave a memo- feminism, we will move closer to American to have a nonfiction Conference on Women that same rable speech in the General As- the goal of gender equality in the bestseller. year in Mexico City. There, sev- sembly, bringing the campaign near future. Susan Wojcicki is an Ameri- Ellen DeGeneres is an Ameri- can businesswoman and CEO of can comedian, producer and YouTube. As senior vice presi- talk show host. She has authored dent of Google, Wojcicki over- three books, started her own re- saw the company’s acquisition cord company and hosted the of the small start-up, YouTube. Oscars, Grammys and Emmys. From 2011 to 2013, she was In 1997, Ellen came out as gay named one of Fortune’s 50 Most and has since advocated publicly Powerful Women in Business. for LGBTQ rights. Susan Wojcicki Ellen DeGeneres Maya Angelou Mount News page 2 the campanile MArch 2015 Freshmen found Medical Club By Paige Comtois ’17 and Ava founded the medical club to in- “A few of our upcoming plans Self ’17 spire Mount students to aspire to for this club include making hos- careers in medicine. Both Jalel pital trips and organizing to raise White-coated doctors racing and Kuczborski are interested money for types of diseases,” said down hospital halls to get the best in a future in medicine and are Jalel. cases and interns falling for their hopeful that through this club, The club also has a few speak- good-looking, attending physi- they, along with fellow members, ers scheduled to visit during the cians are the images that come to can learn about diseases, treat- next few months, including an in- most students when they envision ments, hospital operations and ternist and an osteopathic medi- a career in the medical field. jobs in the field. cal student. Shows like “Grey’s Anatomy,” Helping spearhead this venture Along with these upcoming “Private Practice” and “The is Mrs. Little, the club’s faculty events, the creators also have big Mindy Project” have glorified the adviser. When approached about plans for the future. lives of doctors, not showing the the club, she was eager to help Mrs. Little says they are look- true inner workings of a medical out. ing forward to “participating professional’s daily life. Knowing “Being a health and physical in a 5k run or other events with that many students are fascinated educator, I teach about the body, a cause, having a first aid/CPR by the field of medicine but unin- its ailments and how to keep it workshop and maybe even put- formed about what it truly entails, healthy. So it just seemed an ap- ting on a health fair at school.” Entwistle poses at a district competition in 2014. two Mount students founded the propriate fit. Plus, I’ve always Jalel, Kuczborski and Mrs. new Medical Club to educate stu- been interested in the field of Little are confident their new club dents about various careers in this medicine,” said Mrs. Little. will be a success, and they hope multifaceted discipline. The two founders and their ad- many Mount students will dis- Entwistle nominated Determined freshmen, Rasha viser have exciting plans for their cover a new passion in the medi- Jalel and Jennifer Kuczborski, new club. cal field. for Dean’s List Students set the stage in new Award for robotics By Eliza Ewing ’16 Dean’s List Award semifinalist. Among a handful of prestigious Theatre Workshop course “Can you tell me if any team awards, the Dean’s List of these girls have been to Award is the only individual By Katie Strosser ’16 search goes into developing a plot four times throughout the pro- the shop this build season?” award given by FIRST, the and defining characters,” said se- cess.