Just for fun...what woman did you write about?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Barnard College
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<p>I figure it can’t do any of us harm to talk about our essays now, considering that there’s only 18 (!!) days until April 1.</p>

<p>I wrote about Elizabeth Pisani, the epidemiologist. [Elizabeth</a> Pisani: Sex, drugs and HIV – let’s get rational | Video on TED.com](<a href=“http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/elizabeth_pisani_sex_drugs_and_hiv_let_s_get_rational_1.html]Elizabeth”>http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/elizabeth_pisani_sex_drugs_and_hiv_let_s_get_rational_1.html)</p>

<p>What about you?</p>

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<p>Elaine Sciolino, NY Times Writer and author of this book about Iran I happen to be obsessed with.</p>

<p>[Elaine</a> Sciolino - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaine_Sciolino]Elaine”>Elaine Sciolino - Wikipedia)</p>

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<p>Betty Crocker. Yes, the one on the cake mix. :)</p>

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<p>Margaret Sanger of Planned Parenthood fame. I admire her and disapprove of some of her actions simultaneously, which I tried to balance in the essay.</p>

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<p>Marianne Faithfull, Mick Jagger’s “main” girlfriend from the 1960s.</p>

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<p>Dorothea Dix. Activist for the creation of the first mental illness hospitals (and removal of the mentally ill from prisons.)</p>

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<p>Sylvia Plath</p>

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<p>Sara Crewe from the book A Little Princess :)</p>

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<p>Buffy the Vampire Slayer :stuck_out_tongue: I <3 Joss W.</p>

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<p>Jezebel, the Biblical villainess. All of you sound like you had wonderful essays!</p>

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<p>Jackie O <3</p>

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<p>Nancy Drew!</p>

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<p>eleanor roosevelt - I know it’s kind of cliche (I started writing about the lady in the Mona Lisa or Cleopatra, but while they’re interesting, ER is more inspiring to me!) I hope they don’t think I’m not creative since I picked someone thats not so out of the box, but I guess I’ll know in 17 days!!</p>

<p>good luck everyone, you have great choices! rebbeccar that’s great! I can’t believe I didn’t think of Nancy Drew! I LOVED those books growing up!! :)</p>

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<p>Pocahontas from the Disney movie</p>

<p>Loved her since I was like 4 :)</p>

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<p>my great-grandmother: she grew up in an oppressively islamic village in iran, got married as a young teen to a forward thinking guy, changed religions, moved to a city, got educated, had some kids, and they all moved to the US.</p>

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<p>D wrote about Rosalind Franklin aka The Dark Lady of DNA</p>

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<p>I wrote mine on Juno :)</p>

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<p>Mine was about Jean Louise “Scout” Finch. (as she would have been today). </p>

<p>I applaud the choice of Buffy :slight_smile: definitely an awesome role model. </p>

<p>I had a pretty hard time narrowing it down… there really are soooo many inspiring women out there.</p>

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<p>sacagawea on the lewis and clark expedition (:</p>

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<p>I wrote about Benazir Bhutto!! Pakistani female president, and also her multiple assination attempts as well as her subsequent assination. I asked her, Was it all worth it given Pakistan’s place now?</p>