100 Years ofthe Vote

by Ellie Gates ’20

As we celebrate one hundred years since the legal shift that gave women voices, I cannot think of a more appropriate time to reflect upon the place that has fostered thousands of empowered women over the past 160 years.

The Academy of Saint Elizabeth self identifies as a space “resolved to empower each of our young women with the compassion and self-reliance that is intrinsic to her femininity.” The unique nature of an empowering, single-sex environment is what allows girls to become fierce young women by the time of graduation. I can affirm that the culture created by the faculty and students at the Academy has had this effect on many women in past generations and will continue to develop strong women for many more to come.