GIRLS EMPOWERED by CAROLINE TIGNER TRAUGOTT ’87
From Heian Japan to Renaissance England, women’s empowerment historically emerges at the blossoming of a culture. Porter-Gaud’s Girls In program heralds a new era at the school and reflects some great budding leadership on campus. Gretchen Tate and a group of female faculty have created a tremendous opportunity for our girls that is a great benefit to Porter-Gaud as a whole.
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Facing a teeming future, our high school girls are hungry for current, brass-tacks guidance from diverse sources of authority. Once a month, Girls In invites P-G alumnae at various points
along a career path to speak to the girls during the lunch period. Fifty girls packed our library on February 26th for Girls In: Medicine. Three alumnae spoke, each at a different moment in her medical career: Hannah Hollon ’11 (MUSC student), Morgan Headden Khawaja ’07 (MUSC pediatric resident), and Dr. Sinai Choi Zyblewski ’92 (MUSC Pediatric Cardiologist, ICU). The girls were captivated as each speaker offered a wealth of specific, real-world guidance, from information about new majors like Exercise Science to the pros and cons of taking a gap year. Each addressed the common fear that medicine is