The student news site of Regina Dominican High School

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The student news site of Regina Dominican High School

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The student news site of Regina Dominican High School

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Regina Dominican High School, Wilmette, Illinois 1963 Home Ec class

Bring Back the Basics

Vanesa Hoxha, Staff Reporter March 29, 2020
Let's Add Home Ec and Industrial Shop to the School Curriculum!
U.S. Soccer Won’t Close the Pay Gap for Women Because Men’s Soccer “Requires a Higher Level of Skill”

U.S. Soccer Won’t Close the Pay Gap for Women Because Men’s Soccer “Requires a Higher Level of Skill”

Abigail Farmer, Layout and Design Editor March 29, 2020

Female athletes, including the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team, still struggle in their fight for equal pay. The fight got especially hard when they recently had to fight against their own organization. In...

Oprah Winfrey Does It All

Oprah Winfrey Does It All

Sofia Watson, Contributing Staff Writer March 29, 2020

We all know Oprah Winfrey for her entertaining talk show, but she is also an American media executive, actress, television producer, author, and philanthropist. Winfrey is one of the most iconic women...

Martha Graham Is The Mother of Dance

Martha Graham Is The Mother of Dance

Ms. Valadez, Contributing Staff Writer March 29, 2020

Martha Graham, also known as the “Mother” of modern dance, is well known for the development of the Graham technique, which focuses on “contraction and release,” inhalation and exhalation, and...

The Lack of Women in Politics

The Lack of Women in Politics

Violet Chube, News Editor March 29, 2020

Throughout my life I have noticed something when reading my history textbooks. Why am I only learning about men as political leaders? I always knew of historical political women, but they were never in...

Jackie Kennedy Brought Glamour and The Arts to America

Jackie Kennedy Brought Glamour and The Arts to America

Violet Chube, News Editor March 29, 2020

Growing up, I had never learned about Jackie Kennedy until last year in my English class when we had to write an essay about a historical woman and connect them to characters we had read throughout the...

Tarana Burke Is the Face Behind the Me Too Movement

Tarana Burke Is the Face Behind the Me Too Movement

Caraline Quinlan, Staff Reporter March 29, 2020

The phrase "me too" assures another person that you agree with something or have done the same action. Those two words helped Tarana Burke kick start a global sensation called the Me Too Movement. Tarana...

Emma González: An Advocate for Gun Control

Emma González: An Advocate for Gun Control

Grace Galante, Content & Social Media Editor March 29, 2020

Who is Emma González? At only 20 years old, Emma González is one of the founders of March For Our Lives and one of the leading gun-control activists in the United States. After surviving a mass...

Period.

Period.

Gianna Ehrenberg, Managing and Social Media Editor March 29, 2020

Let’s talk about something that the world thinks is viewed as more of a feminist issue or just something that women should think about in the privacy of their own home, behind closed doors - a woman's...

Equal Work = Unequal Pay for Women

Equal Work = Unequal Pay for Women

Grace Galante, Content & Social Media Editor March 29, 2020

In the United States, for every $1 a man makes, a woman makes just about 80 cents. This statistic may seem shocking, but according to Catalyst.org, women make up 47% of the United States workforce and...

Wangari Maathai, Environmental Advocate in Kenya

Wangari Maathai, Environmental Advocate in Kenya

Gianna Ehrenberg, Managing & Social Media Editor March 29, 2020

In 1940 in Nyeri, Wangari Maathai was born. Little did her parents know on the day of her birth, that their little girl would one day wage a battle against environmental issues and the lack of women leadership...

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is A Strong Congresswoman

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is A Strong Congresswoman

Mia Galante, Contributing Staff Writer March 29, 2020

Alexandria-Ocasio Cortez or “AOC” has become one of the most controversial political figures since assuming office in the United States House of Representatives in 2019. She won against 10-term...

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