<p>hedy lamarr</p>
<p>Elizabeth Blackwell, first American woman doctor. I don’t think I could have been anymore clique! :)</p>
<p>Anita Bryant.
If anyone knows about her, laugh with me. Hahaha.
American singer, former beauty queen, loving mother, and gay rights opponent.
She had a pie thrown in her face. It’s on youtube, google it. </p>
<p>“I don’t hate the homosexuals. But as a mother, I must protect my children from their evil influence.”</p>
<p>Sperra on pg 3- That anthology idea sounds awesome! I hope that happens someday.</p>
<p>When does regular decision come out? I’m an ED admit.</p>
<p>Writing about an opponent of human rights might not be the best idea. Colleges generally want those who have good judgment. I hope you stayed away from controversial topics for the other colleges you applied to.</p>
<p>I wrote about Amma, the Hindu hugging saint. She’s done a lot of volunteer work.</p>
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<p>I got mine earlier this week.</p>
<p>Shay, I think your idea is a really cool one 
I obviously had to look her up the second I read your post!</p>
<p>MedSchHopeful…Considering your username, I had to smile when I saw who you wrote about. Gotta admire you for being so confident in knowing what you want to do!</p>
<p>rahmemanuel- Oh, I know my subject is not somebody to be admired. I’m president of the GSA at my school, and to be frank, I think Anita Bryant’s a bigot. (but although I disagree with her actions and ideas, I didn’t insult her in my Barnard supplement.) I think I took a risk by writing about her, but ultimately writing about her helped show Barnard my passions and interests. Besides, the question merely asked us to pick a women and write about what we would talk about with her, and nothing about picking role models. : )</p>
<p>But you’re right! To future prospectives, you should be careful when doing things like this. In my case, Anita Bryant just worked.</p>
<p>I was accepted RD. : )</p>
<p>my second pick was mulan. (technically, she falls into “history” P: ) who else was thinking of disney characters?</p>
<p>thanks trapeze! And your pick was so interesting! I knew nothing about Queen Nefertit before I wiki’d her; how unusual and unique.</p>
<p>Sup fellow GSA’er!
Sorry about that misunderstanding, I got the Barnard woman question mixed up with a local scholarship question which is the one that asks for a woman we admire. I’ve been doing wayyyy too many essays lately.
And Mulan is awesome for her gender-bending ways.</p>
<p>I’m still very much enjoying this thread. It makes me want to talk to all of you and all the people you all wrote about.
McClintock is amazing, I also wish I could have a conversation with her.
Adler is a great choice.(Have you by any chance read the Laurie King Mary Russel series renee? If you like light mysteries and aren’t opposed to a different take on Holmes it’s amusing.)<br>
I love the witch from Into the Woods. My school just did the show this year.
And I’d never heard of Amma, but I looked her up and have to go share this with my mother. Amma is her middle name.</p>
<p>Hey! Day of Silence is coming up, does your GSA participate? : )
No worries. It has been a while since any of us looked at the Barnard supplement.
Yes, that’s exactly why I love her. : )</p>
<p>Sperra-
I agree with you- those jumped out at me too. McClintock is amazing, my AP bio class just learned about her. And for some reason Irene Adler never even crossed my mind, but if I could do it again I might’ve just written about her, she seems perfect for the supplement. Haha.
It’s too bad you won’t be joining Barnard 2015. I’ve also experienced the woes of financial aid. : P</p>
<p>Haha, my school also did Into the Woods (full version) this year, and we actually did Mulan Jr. last year. </p>
<p>We also participate in the Day of Silence every year, as well as Sea of Pink. </p>
<p>What’s really amazing about this thread is the shear diversity of the kind of women everyone has written about. I mean, Queen Nefertiti and Luna Lovegood? It’s absolutely wonderful.</p>
<p>@rebeccar I did Nany Drew as well! (I applied ED though and can’t wait for the fall!).</p>
<p>Man, I am loving all the Harry Potter essays. It makes me even more excited for school!</p>
<p>I wrote about Thecla from the Acts of Paul and Thecla, which is a book that was once intended for the Bible but dumped over time.</p>
<p>She’s not known, but I thought the few things she supposedly did were absolutely amazing. She was like a religious feminist (and possibly unintentionally). My mom was so annoyed by my choice (she was convinced it would kill my app), but it worked well enough!</p>
<p>Ohmygosh, I cannot WAIT to meet you all on campus! You all sound very thoughtful. :D</p>