Mona Ayoub ’19 will travel the world for a year exploring the roles and stories of women and mothers, and how different societies are addressing domestic violence, following the award of a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship.
Allure magazine bestows the “Best Mom of the Year Award” on Virginia Mellen ’12, after she shaves off her her hair to show her 15-month-old son that there is no particular way a woman is supposed to look.
For Lena Connolly ’20 and dozens of others, taking the long trip to the nation’s capital to advocate for women’s rights feels essential. “I’ll be able to tell my grandchildren, ‘I was there,’” Connolly says. “That I could stand for women in a time when a good portion of the country wouldn’t.”