This March, Porter’s honors Women’s History Month and focuses on MPS faulty voices to uplift our community. This special edition of the bulletin has work from members of our community who share personal stories about navigating the world
We are grateful to teachers Hurshiu Webb, Ms. Kazmi, Dr. Ayers, and our Head of School Dr. Windsor for their contributions as guest writers this month. Happy Women’s History Month to everyone and enjoy reading!
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The Burden of Youth: Challenges Faced by Women Leaders
By Dr. Katherine G. Windsor - Guest Writer
When I arrived in Farmington in 2008, I came complete with a family of two young boys and my husband, a psychologist. I followed a remarkable leader, Burch Ford—over 25 years older than me—to lead a school where half of the heads since Sarah Porter have been men.
I was naive in thinking I would be welcomed as a role model for students who, like me, were born receiving the benefits of the feminist movement. I was a leader who benefited from landmark legislation like Roe v. Wade and Title IX and had financial freedoms like having a credit card and securing a mortgage without a man to cosign.
I was received and perceived as a ‘young’ woman leader—instead of as an experienced woman leader with ten years leading another school before coming to MPS and a working mother. I was judged by measures that men in my similar professional position and life stage were not. Because of my age, gender, and role as a mother, it was frequently implied that I did not have the wisdom of the male leaders—many of whom were also fathers—who had preceded me. It was intimated that I would not have the time to raise my children and lead the school. One or the other would inevitably suffer.
In contemporary society, women’s journeys are often fraught with obstacles. One significant hurdle we encounter is the perception of youth as a negative attribute. While youthfulness is typically celebrated in various contexts, it becomes a double-edged sword for women in leadership roles.
Society too often associates leadership with maturity and experience. Authority is traditionally linked with age. As a result, young women entering leadership roles face skepticism and prejudice rooted in ageist stereotypes. Women leaders regularly encounter doubts regarding their competence, capability, and decision-making abilities merely because of their youthful appearance, and in my case, this led to imposter syndrome.
I had been a head of school (HOS) for ten years before arriving at Miss Porter’s School (MPS). For those of you doing the math, I was 30 when appointed to my first HOS position and 40 when I came to Porter’s. Even though I had already been a successful HOS, I was wracked with anxiety that I was not prepared to lead such an iconic institution.
These feelings were exacerbated when a national publication compared me to Burch Ford early in my tenure:
“Times were changing,” says Burch Ford, Miss Porter’s exceptionally well-regarded headmistress from 1993 until 2008, who brought the school’s endowment up to $104 million . . .”
“ . . .Windsor, 42, is a tall, rather glamorous-looking blonde who stands out from her somewhat earthier, New Englandy colleagues.”
Focusing on my appearance rather than my leadership created a crisis of confidence that took many years to shake.
Systemic biases like how women are perceived through their looks or other issues such as the gender pay gap and limited representation in leadership pipelines can further impede the progression of young women in their careers. The absence of role models and advocates within patriarchal and hierarchical structures reinforces the perception that leadership is reserved for older, predominantly white male individuals. These dynamics can easily discourage aspiring young women from pursuing their ambitions.
These realities were reinforced when traveling with male colleagues Michael Bergin and Tim Quinn. It is often assumed that I am Michael’s wife or that Tim is my boss! While I consider Mr. Bergin, my work husband and learn daily from Dr. Quinn’s leadership, I am still their boss and the HOS.
Sadly, being young is often experienced as a negative attribute for women leaders due to entrenched societal biases and institutional barriers, which can have a detrimental impact on their leadership efficacy.
The negative perception of youthfulness can undermine the confidence and self-esteem of young women leaders, impacting their ability to assert themselves and make bold decisions. Constantly battling stereotypes and preconceptions, we often experience selfdoubt, leading to questioning our legitimacy and qualifications. Consequently, young women leaders may be more cautious, fearing backlash or criticism. They may hesitate to seize opportunities for innovation and change.
My desire to lead Miss Porter’s School and continue to call Farmington my home 16 years later is based on my knowledge that concerted efforts are needed to challenge all stereotypes, especially those amplified when applied to women.
Every day, I work to promote inclusive leadership practices and cultivate supportive environments that teach agency and allow Porter’s students to thrive and lead with confidence. Only by dismantling the barriers imposed by ageism, racism, and gender bias can we unlock the full potential of young women as transformational leaders in our society. It is an honor and privilege to do this work here at Miss Porter’s School and on behalf of the remarkable young women who say, “Yes, to MPS each year!” #girlswinhere #PortersPride #leadersleadingleaders
Women and Islam
By Ms. Kazmi - Guest Writer
The role of women in Islam is even more misunderstood than Islam in the West generally. Religion itself is only seen through the patriarchal lens as women are systematically erased, their leadership diminished, and their names forgotten. To commemorate women’s history month this year, I am privileged to receive the opportunity to highlight a woman to whom Islam owes a debt of gratitude, for her steadfast faith, ceaseless support, and unwavering sacrifice.
Khadija bint Khuwayled (SA) was a towering figure in the history of womankind that demonstrated to humanity what a woman is capable of. Khadija was the daughter of Khuwayled bin Asad bin Abdul Uzza bin Qusayy, a successful merchant of the Bani Hashim clan. She was born in Makka (Mecca) in 6th century CE, in a time known in Islamic history as the jahiliyyah or the ‘age of ignorance.’ This was a time when the Arabs lived without any recognisable law and order. ‘Arabs were notorious for their arrogance, conceit, vanity, and male chauvinism.’ Idolatry reigned supreme; drunkenness, gambling, and fighting were common practices. Craft and power were most prized by the Arabs: he who had the cunning and the strength to outdo another did so without any repercussion, especially if he had the backing of his clan. Daughters were abhorrent to the Arabs, as they represented the future division of their wealth, requiring a dowry to be paid to their husband in marriage. Consequently, daughters were often buried alive upon their birth. Those that survived held little to no power or consequence in Arab society.
It is in this time that Bibi Khadija (SA) rose to power both financially and socially, while exemplifying unparalleled virtue, modesty, and honesty. While Makkan society had forgotten the monotheistic teachings of the Prophet Abraham and Ismael, Bibi Khadija held firm faith in one God. After the death of her father circa 585 CE, she ‘took charge of her father’s business and rapidly expanded it.’ It is said that she held the ‘golden touch,’ and by her ‘judicious selection of agents’ and by making the decision to buy and sell at the right time, she was able to make ‘fantastic profits’ and quickly ‘became the richest merchant in Makka.’ At the time when owning one camel would be the equivalent of a luxury vehicle today, Bibi Khadija owned caravans and her cargo alone ‘was equal’ to ‘all other merchants’ in Makka put together. Bibi Khadija became known as the ‘princess of Makka’ and was given the title ‘Tahira’ or ‘the pure one,’ for the ‘immaculacy of her reputation’ as a lady of highly distinguished character and personage.
Naturally, Bibi Khadija (SA) was highly sought after by the richest and most powerful men of Arabia, however it was Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Abdul Muttalib, the last and greatest prophet of Islam, who was destined to be her husband. Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) started as an agent in Bibi Khadija’s business and through the demonstration of his upright behaviour, ‘proficiency, savvy,’ and professionalism, rose to become a manager of all her business affairs. Bibi Khadija was interested in marrying for wealth or prestige, she wanted to marry a man of principle and quality. She was already aware of Muhammad’s (PBUH) reputation in Makkan society as ‘Sadiq - honest’ and ‘Amin - trustworthy,’ she was further impressed by his kindness, rectitude, and integrity in all his business dealings conducting her affairs. After learning about these virtues of her agent, Bibi Khadija (SA) sent a proposal of marriage to Muhammad (PBUH) recognising in him the only man worthy of her.
It is accounted that no woman in Arabia brought a larger dowry into her marriage than Bibi Khadija (SA) but unlike other women, her entire dowry - comprised of real estate, pasture lands, herds of camels, flocks of goats and sheep, precious metals, stones, and masses of gold and silver coins - were entirely products of her own efforts. ‘She had produced it by her own diligence, industry, prudence, and foresight.’ Bibi Khadija was a consummate administrator and a genius in business organisation. Once married, she applied her skills in helping her husband spread his holy message and devoted her wealth and resources to the service of God (Allah SBW).
Bibi Khadija’s (SA) life is one of excellence in every pursuit and avenue of life. In times of ignorance and conceit, she always demonstrated upright behaviour. In a society that was sunk in debauchery and deceit, she rose to prominence as an astute businesswoman through hard work, honest intelligence, and integrity. She was a model for Makkan society and continues to be one for all humanity today. She hewed her own path in a world that constantly beckoned towards the status quo of power and privilege; she chose to use her talents and resourcefulness for the betterment of others. Islam owes a great debt to Bibi Khadija (SA), without whose resources and faithfulness it would not have survived its infancy.
My Mother
By Hur-shiu Webb - Guest Writer
As I reflected on my own identity and thought about what I wanted to say, I kept coming back to the one person in my life who has probably had the greatest impact on my identity as a woman– my mother, Dr. Shwu-Eng Hwang Webb. I marvel at my mother’s journey and what brought her to me and my brother. How did a girl from Taiwan end up finding her life partner in rural Arkansas? The answer lies not only in some pretty wild serendipity, but also in my mother’s ability to exuberantly embrace the circumstances of every situation she finds herself in.
Before my mother was my mother, or a “Dr.” or a “Webb”, she was 黃 (Hwang, Shwu-Eng) of Chia-Yi, Taiwan, fourth child of five siblings and the only girl. Growing up with three older brothers and one younger brother greatly shaped my mother’s personality. As one of the younger children, she did not have the pressure that her oldest brothers had, and as the only girl she also did not have the same expectations on her as her brothers. Furthermore, she wasn’t the youngest child, which gave her even more autonomy– she wasn’t constantly bossed around by everyone as her youngest brother was. Also, (as she insists I always keep in mind), her parents were very open minded and progressive, and she did not have the same expectations of her as her female peers did. Her parents, who were deeply invested in their children’s education, were clear that my mother should prioritize her education above all else– including household chores and finding a suitable husband. She often laughs about how she didn’t know how to cook anything when she came to the States for graduate school and my dad had to show her the most basic cooking skills. (I feel like it is important to note that she did learn to cook when she found it necessary, and I grew up knowing her to be an amazing cook.)
With most of the pressure of the major responsibilities taken off of her and placed on her older brothers, and without the pressure of being bossed around by her siblings since she was a girl, my mother was free to focus on her learning. She learned important skills such as how to cram just enough for a test and how to charge treats for herself from the local convenience store. One of her favorite stories is about how, after staying up all night cramming for a test, she would treat herself by going to the local convenience store and getting goodies and charging them to her parent’s account. When her parents found out about how much she had charged their account, instead of chewing her out, they scolded her older brothers for not monitoring her more closely.
My mother’s oldest brother, Kell, did not have my mother’s aptitude for taking tests. He had to take the national exam three times before getting into a university that was acceptable to their parents. Because of this, he did not start undergraduate school until nearly the time their third oldest brother was about to start. My grandfather was insistent that his children go to school in the US, so after completing undergrad, Kell started to apply to graduate programs in the US. He first applied to MIT and immediately got rejected. (Kell’s oldest daughter, Ruth, ended up attending and graduating from MIT twenty years later.) Kell did not know much about any other universities in the US, so after getting rejected from MIT, he proceeded to apply to state schools alphabetically. He was rejected from Alabama, got a nice offer from Alaska– but it was too cold for a kid from Taiwan, and so he settled on University of Arkansas. His siblings all followed. That’s how, in 1972, 黃 from Chia-Yi became Shwu-Eng Hwang in Fayetteville, Arkansas as part of the econ grad program with my father.
I often ask my mother about what it was like for her to be new to the States, with very little fluency in English, in the rural south, and one of very few women in a male dominated program. She always laughs and instead of seeing her race, nationality, and gender as a challenge in the situation, she claims it as an advantage. Her outgoing personality and cheeky charm caught her classmates and professors off guard. They expected a docile china doll, but what they got was a loud, firecracker of a woman, who was not afraid to tease her professors or compete (and win!) in eating contests against her male classmates. She was shocked at how American women and BIPoC Americans were treated, but as she did
Spring 1979–My mother pregnant with me after a successfully defending her dissertation.
growing up, felt as though she was mostly excluded from that treatment. She talks about how her female classmates resented her because they also saw that she was somehow exempt from the same treatment they were receiving.
As I said, my parents met in the economics graduate program at University of Arkansas. I used to ask my mother how they met and she would scoff and say, “oh your dad wouldn’t stop following me around.” In reality, however, there was a lot more behind their courtship and eventual marriage. Though my mother’s brothers were all in the States, they had all found Taiwanese spouses. When my mom and dad started dating, her brothers definitely had some concerns. They were worried how it would be perceived if my mother ended up with an American man. “Only bar girls marry American men” my mom said to me as if that made all the sense in the world. Her two youngest brothers went so far as to take her on a road trip to Washington DC where a former suitor of hers from Taiwan was studying in efforts to kindle a relationship between the two of them. Thankfully for my existence, my mother would not give in. Eventually those two brothers went to study at schools in different states, and my parents were free to pursue their relationship.
In the spring of 1975 they decided to get married. My father waited in Arkansas while my mother went back to Taiwan to ask her parents’ permission to get married. As the weeks and eventually months wore on, my father grew increasingly anxious. He would write to my mother asking for news, and she would reply that she did not yet find the right time to ask. Finally, midsummer, there was a breakthrough. Kell, who now had a wife and young daughter (the one who eventually went to MIT), went to meet with my father’s parents in Fayetteville. He vouched for my dad to his parents, saying that my dad came from a good family. At the same time (and this is new information to me), my dad promised my mother’s parents that he would take care of them and never stand in the way of my mother and her family. It’s important that I mention that 25 years ago my parents moved to Taiwan so they could work with my uncles and take care of my grandmother– my mom’s mom who only recently passed away this past August at 104 years old. I’d say my father kept his promise. Thus my parents married in August of 1975 and my mother was now Shwu-Eng Hwang Webb.
After my mom completed her master’s at Arkansas, she went on to join their PhD program. After my father completed his MS degree in economics at Arkansas, he and my mother moved to Oklahoma in January 1976 where my father began the PhD program in agricultural economics at Oklahoma State University. My mother had already completed all her University of Arkansas PhD courses and only needed to work on her dissertation. She eventually got a research associate position with the AgEcon department at OSU and used that research for her dissertation. By the time my mother was ready to defend her dissertation, she was eight and a half months pregnant with me. Once again, instead of viewing her pregnancy as a burden during a critical time in her career, she saw it as an advantage. “I defended in record time!”, she always proudly states. “The professors kept asking me to sit down and not to get too excited.”
May 1979– Me and my mother
August 1975– My mother and father on their wedding day
I often even catch her passing it on as advice to women who are pursuing a PhD. “Get pregnant, and the defense will be easy!” So, my mom was now Dr. ShwuEng Hwang Webb.
Finally, a few weeks later, in a hospital in Stillwater, Oklahoma, my mother gave birth to me and became my mother. Out of her many illustrious titles, that one is my favorite.
Why I’m Still Hopeful
By Dr. Katie Ayers - Guest Writer
Recently, women’s rights and women’s progress in the United States have taken a beating. Former Vice President Kamala Harris’ loss to President Donald Trump, the restriction of women’s reproductive rights, an executive order that proposes to safeguard women’s rights but actually harms trans women and goes against settled science, a website (literally called End DEI) hosted by the Dept. of Education which asks people to submit the names of schools and teachers they feel are actively (and unnecessarily) promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion…the list goes on.
And yet, as a feminist and a student of women’s history I am still hopeful. I fully believe, and continue to tell my students, that when a marginalized group is being oppressed they don’t just sit back and take it. Often, they find ways to actively combat their oppression, either through legal means or through changing the hearts and minds of the general public.
A number of example from women’s history are widely known - Abigail Adams writing to her husband John Adams in 1776 asking him to “remember the ladies” when he was helping to craft the constitution; Elizabeth Cady Stanton and her Declaration of Sentiments written in 1848 modeled on the U.S. Constitution detailing the rights that women were lacking; Sojourner Truth giving her Ain’t I a Woman? speech during a women’s rights convention in Akron, Ohio in 1851 highlighting her intersectional identities; and, jumping forward, the online activism of the 1990s and the 2017 women’s march with the pink pussy hats at the U.S. capital to support gender equality and civil rights.
Lesser known and lesser taught are the actions of the women of the radical arm of the second wave feminist movement (my personal favorite) - roughly early 1960 to about 1980. Radical in this case meaning “to the root,” not necessarily radical as in extreme, although some movement women definitely may have been. As opposed to the liberal feminists who meant to achieve equality through changing laws and appealing to the current government structures, the radical feminists of that time period examined the root causes of patriarchy and sought to restructure society in a way that truly worked for women. Part academic writing and publishing, part street theater, and part working-class pluckiness, these women deserve to be highlighted and celebrated. A few of their highlights include:
Consciousness Raising Groups (1960s and 70s): Women met together, usually at someone’s house, to discuss (sometimes for the first time) their shared experiences of oppression so that they could begin to tackle the issues that held them down. Often some women in these groups then created their own feminist activist groups like the Redstockings, New York Radical Women, and the Radicalesbians, whose manifesto contains one of my all-time favorite lines of writing: “A lesbian is the rage of all women condensed to the point of explosion.”
Freedom Trash Can (1968): The New York Radical Women group, led by Carol Hanisch, protested the 1968 Miss America Pageant by asking women to throw objects of women’s oppression like “bras, girdles, curlers, false eyelashes, wigs, and representative issues of Cosmopolitan, Ladies’ Home Journal, Family Circle, etc.” into a trash can. They also proposed an economic boycott of companies that sponsored the pageant and refused to let male interviewers speak to any woman involved in the event.
W.I.T.C.H. (1968): A street theater feminist organization, the Women’s International Conspiracy from H— (W.I.T.C.H.) women would dress as witches complete with hats and capes and run up and down Wall Street in New York City “hexing” the men in protest of their role in the patriarchy. Supposedly, the day after the Halloween hexing in 1968 the stock market fell 13 points. Coincidence??
Abortion Counseling Service of Women’s Liberation (1969): Also known as The Janes, these women offered an under the radar abortion service in Chicago to help women who needed abortions obtain them before the right was established under the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision in 1973. Women who needed these services would call a phone number, any one of a number of “Janes” would answer, and the women would be connected to someone who could help them obtain the procedure safely but illegally.
Lavender Menace Action (1970): The Radicalesbians with member of the Gay Liberation Front protested at the National Organization for Women’s (NOW) Second Congress to Unite Women because they felt that the organization was exclusive of lesbians after founder Betty Friedan called them a “lavender menace.”
The Combahee River Collective (1974-1980): A group of Black lesbians who organized around their shared oppression of being both female and Black. The collective joined together to write a statement sharing their views, which has become a staple of contemporary Black and feminist scholarship.
Through their actions, writings, and pamphlet distributions, these women left their mark on the decades of the 1960s and 70s. During that time, women were federally guaranteed the right to be paid the same as a man (1963), a women’s right to abortion became federally recognized (1973), and women were allowed to open a credit card in their names without a man’s consent for the first time (1974). Beyond the legal victories, women stood up and made noise. Even if those in power disagreed with them or men tried to shut them down, no one could ignore the noise women were making and the collective power they felt that carried them through the backlash decades of the 1980s and 90s.
Today, there are feminist rumblings once again. Whether it’s Maine Governor Janet Mills standing up against President Donald Trump’s exclusion of transgender women from women’s sports - “The state of Maine will not be intimidated by the president’s threats…“I’ll see [Trump] in court” - to everyday Idaho citizen Dr. Teresa Borrenpohl raising $323,000 (and counting!) to protect her right to free speech under the First Amendment after being forcibly removed from a town hall event in Coeur d’Alene, women are speaking up. It’s not just adults either. Students at an American middle school on an Army base in Germany recently walked out of a visit by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to protest President Trump’s policies dismantling various Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion policies in the federal government.
There’s also activism happening in your own backyard! The Porter’s Center for Global Leadership hosts the ChangeMaker’s Institute (Registration opens May 1st!) and the Global Seminar Series, both of which allow you to meet and talk with girls around the world to discuss important issues and work for a better future. The Women’s Activist Organization and FaceUp are two clubs on campus making noise as well. Individually, New Girl Claire Shen (along with her Old Girl Rui Wang) organized and is hosting a feminist Ted-talk style event called Threads of Us: A Feminism Talk on March 25 in the Hacker Theater during community time where adult and student members of the Porter’s community will offer three-minute speeches on feminist topics important to them. Claire also runs an online global feminist organization with her friends from around the world and recently hosted an event that brought together over 700 young people to discuss feminist topics.
So, take a breath. When it all feels overwhelming and everything looks bleak, stop for a second and look around. Grab a friend and some coffee, have a chat and strategize about what you can do to make some noise locally or online. Take heart from the women of the past and those doing good work today. Roll up your sleeves and get to work. Women are here, we’ve always been here, and we’re not going down without a fight.
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