![]() ![]() ![]() Sometimes I think to survive I became a feminist, or maybe because I learned to speak my mind and “Lean In” others saw me as a feminist before I defined myself as one. Then heading to Princeton University as a young adult when the ratio of men to women was 3.4 to1, and finally coming to Thacher 23 years ago as the only woman in the mathematics department, and a predominantly male administration. When my daughter once asked me why I became a feminist – I gave her a version of this explanation: I couldn’t help it, I had to be – growing up in a family with a patriarchal father and three brothers a religious family where my brothers could all be altar boys and I couldn’t having classical ballet be my first passion, a place full of girls and young women where the handful of boys always seemed to get more attention, and most of the directors and choreographers were men. Vick, again”, or rolling your eyes? Just observe that reaction and I’ll leave you with it during this talk. Take a second and observe your reaction to those last four words, “I am a feminist.” Are you silently cheering, wanting to cheer out loud, sighing, immediately losing interest, thinking, “here goes Ms. ![]() Last Wednesday was Gloria Steinem’s 80 th birthday. Today is the last day of Women’s History Month. ![]() This week was my week, so I thought I’d also share my remarks here: Thacher faculty members take weeklong turns serving as the teacher on active duty (TOAD), a role that includes making some remarks at the Monday morning Assembly. ![]()
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