2019 World Women of Character and Courage Wax Museum at Westridge



Westridge School’s 6th grade class stepped into the shoes (literally!) of women of character and courage and brought them to life for the annual 6th grade capstone “wax museum” event today. Dressed in costume, furnished with props, and equipped with the knowledge of this capstone project, each 6th-grade student presented a monologue from the perspective of a woman who has left her mark on the world and represents a certain level of personal character and courageous action (given the circumstances of her time or social expectations). Several women were highlighted for the first time this year in the museum’s more than 20-year history, including First Lady Abigail Adams, Bessie Coleman, the world’s first African American woman aviator, and feminist activist and journalist Gloria Steinem.

Each student also makes a ThingLink page media page including a biography, a timeline, information on an organization in action today addressing something meaningful to the woman she is honoring, and other supplemental information discovered in their research. (These will be posted on a class Weebly page – a link to which will be sent when it becomes available).

“This project ties together so many of the skills the girls work on in the Lower School—research, analysis, writing, identifying their own passions,” said 6th Grade Humanities Teacher Christine Kiphart.

Students and their “Women of Character & Courage”:

Lindsay B. – Mary Edwards Walker
Audrey B. – Maria Montessori
Rosemary B. – Gloria Steinem
Ella B. – Abigail Adams
Marissa C. – Marie Curie
Kimberly C. – Tu Youyou
Lindsay C. – Keiko Fukuda
Tanvi C. – Wangari Maathai
Sophie C. – Temple Grandin
Alice C. – Alice Hamilton
Mirella C. – Nancy Wake
Cindy C. – Zaha Hadid
Kristen D. – Amy Tan
Ariana E. – Mavis Batey
Ellie F. – Alice Waters
Amanda G. – Bessie Coleman
Mia G. – Mary Oliver
Abby H. – Mary Seacole
Florence J. – Dian Fossey
Pauline K. – Sally Ride
Saba K. – Linda Sarsour
Anja K. – Julia Child
Emily L. – Mary Wolstonecraft
Ellie L.-S. – Hedy Lamarr
Holly N. – Eleanor Roosevelt
Camille O. – Sophie Scholl
Abby P. – Betty Friedan
Luciana P. – Maya Lin
Isla R. – Policarpa Salavarrieta
Sandhya R. – Indira Gandhi
Gabby R. – Joan of Arc
Sophia S. – Jane Goodall
Lily S. – Billie Jean King
Jaedyn T. – Katherine Johnson
Reagan V. – Aleen Isobel Cust
Tilden W. – Jane Addams
Gladys Y. – Rachel Carson
Emily Z. – Anna May Wong

Westridge School, 324 Madeline Drive, Pasadena, (626) 799-1053 ext. 200 or visit www.westridge.org.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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