Tag: Margot Heffernan
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Sweet Briar Challenge and the Indomitable Mary Pope Hutson (Part 2)
by Margot Heffernan “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…
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Hokum, History and Harm: Gender Ideology at Sweet Briar College (Part 1)
by Margot Heffernan “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…
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Daughter of Heroines
by Margot Heffernan The year is 2023 but it feels as if the calendar has rolled back a hundred years for women and girls in Virginia, and just about anywhere else in the Western world. Hyperbolic? Over the top? Sadly, no. Each day women are censored, denigrated, and erased; called bigots for speaking biological fact;…