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Women’s History Month inspires
morning announcements
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Kim Phan
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March was Women’s History
Month, and Jilliane Mortimer used
the morning announcements to
celebrate the occasion. Each day of
the month, she gave a quote from a
famous woman in history.
Many thought these quotes were
inspirational. We thought we would
interview Mortimer (who we should
disclose is also a staff writer for the
Jilliane Mortimer
Green Wave Gazette) so we could
share her experiences and opinions (Grace Taylor Photography - used with permission.)
on these opposing views.
What gave you the idea to
teachers what they thought of it, and
give a profile and quote from
I got overwhelmingly positive reinfluential women in the
sponses. I came up with a list of
morning announcements?
quotes and got them approved by
Someone mentioned to me that
Principal Sullivan, and here I am.
March was Women’s History
Can you give us a quick definiMonth, and within the past year I
tion of what feminism is?
have become very interested in
Feminism is the belief that all people
feminism. I never understood what
are entitled to freedom and liberty.
it was about until about a year ago,
Feminism is the equality of the
and since then it has driven me to be
sexes. Much like humanitarians,
passionate about the important roles
feminists believe that discrimination
women have had in history. I
should not be based on gender,
thought this was a perfect opporsexual orientation, skin color, ethtunity to apply this new understandnicity, religion, culture or lifestyle.
ing to our school. I asked a bunch of
What was the selection process
for your list of inspirational
quotes?
I started off with a couple quotes
that I personally love, then I looked
at various websites, went through a
bunch of quotes and found the ones
that I thought would suit the school
the best. Some may have noticed
that the quotes were very general.
None of them discriminated and
they didn’t only talk about women.
They talked about humans and
humanity as a whole.
Who is your favorite woman in
history?
That’s a tough one. Personally, I
love art. So, I would have to say
Frida Khalo. Not only was she an
incredible artist, she was an amazing
person who overcame a lot of struggles in her life. Actually, one of my
favorite quotes came from her. “I
am my own muse; I am the subject I
know best, the subject I want to
know better.” I thought this was a
really important point to make
because it emphasizes self-love.
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