Celebrating Women’s History Month

Zaya Wade: 14-year old daughter of basketball player Dwyane Wade, Zaya came out as transgender in 2020. She has since become an influential figure on social media, spreading the message of acceptance to a young following. Zaya works hard to champion inclusivity, encouraging her audience to accept themselves and their loved ones. Her father’s “hero,” she speaks out against anti-LGBTQ+ legislation....

  Anna Wintour Arguably the most illustrious modern fashion icon, Anna Wintour has created a legacy for Vogue and herself that will forever be remembered in the world of fashion. Since the first edition of the magazine was published, Vogue has established over 12 million collective readers and influenced the lives of women all across the globe. Anna Wintour is an advocate for young ...

Jane Austen: Jane Austen rose to fame in the late 1700s and early 1800s in England for her witty prose and relatable characters. Her novels, which are still taught in schools across the world, include Pride and Prejudice, Emma, and Sense and Sensibility. Although her novels revolve around romance, Austen’s protagonists are ordinary women whose struggles are still relevant and relatable 200 years later....

Alice Guy-Blache: Alice Guy-Blanche was the first female director and the first woman to create and run a film studio She produced her first film “La Fée aux choux,” translated as “The Cabbage Fairy,” in 1896 and produced around 1,000 films by the end of her career. Guy-Blanche was known for taking risks in her silent films and her ability to bring energy and life to her projects. ...

Former Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg once said, "Women belong in all places where decisions are being made.” Within the first hour of this school year, we had, for the first time, heard speeches from both a female Senate President and female Head of School, proving Justice Ginsburg’s words to be a reality. While this may not have seemed very substantial, it was only a few decades ago that neither...

Women in science have long been overlooked, shamed, and discredited. Because of this, their work and accomplishments have been hidden from history, overshadowed by the long-standing sexism in the scientific community. Their stories are just now being uncovered. Here are some women who have made meaningful and often forgotten contributions to science: Maria Merian (1647-1717) Naturalist and scientifi...

SZA Solána Rowe, more popularly known as SZA, has consistently been playing a big role in the expansion and revitalization of the R&B genre, especially through her exploration of new, experimental sounds. Her 2017 album, Ctrl, filled with its one-of-a-kind electronic production and unabashed openness of her experience balancing her relationships and stage life, provides a resonant and re...

In the United States and across the world, the greatest and most evident gender disparities have been in politics. It is not a coincidence that 6 U.S Presidents have been named James, 5 John, and 3 George. It is statistically more likely for a man with one of these names to hold the presidency than any woman. Only 24% of U.S senators are women, and 21% of them are white. The United States in particular has had...

Megan Rapinoe: Soccer star Megan Rapinoe and the USWNT as a whole are first up on my list. Winning the World Cup in 2019 and earning a bronze medal in the 2021 Tokyo Games have been the USWNT’s most-covered recent accomplishments, but this team is constantly winning. While they have a long history of success, the team was in the news for something else recently. On February 22, 2022, USWNT fi...