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Ferry TalesA poster publicizing the showing of the MissRepresentation documentary.(right) Rev. Dr. Robert G. Andrus addresses the class of 1973Newspaper clipping describing Lake Forest College president-electWilliam Graham Cole’s graduation address.(left)Ferry Hall English teachers Martha Fritts and Chick Sherrer discussher “Women in American Society” course.8 Review Winter 20138 Click: www.lfanet.org
Women’s Issues Examined,Yesterday and TodayIn June of 1960, the then president-elect of Lake ForestCollege, William Graham Cole, addressed Ferry Hall’s graduatingclass. According to “The Hall Horizons,” Cole urgedthe young women “to plunge into their college year with avidminds, quickening to the beat of intellectual stimulation.” Hecharged the Ferry Hall graduates to question a trend he sawof limiting a woman’s role solely to that of wife and mother.Three years later, Ferry Hall headmaster Rev. Dr. Robert G.Andrus urged his students to read Betty Friedan’s groundrecognizedthat such pursuit might be counter to popular beliefor societal expectations.Even in the current coeducational model of the school, theFerry Hall tradition of paying special attention to the issuesfacing today’s modern young women continues. On December2, 2012, through the generosity of Life Trustee Susan MorrisonP’08, GP’16, the school screened MissRepresentation, adocumentary that explores the current state of the portrayalof women in modern media. The film posits that women are“I was amazed at how many girls—from all backgrounds, ethnicities, andsocial groups—shared examples of times they felt less than being a girl.”breaking new book, The Feminine Mystique. Concurrently,Andrus lamented the loss of the progress made by feministsin the early twentieth century.A decade after that, Ferry Hall introduced two courses onthe subject, one entitled “Women in Contemporary AmericanSociety,” and one simply called “Woman.” Each courseexamined the situation of women in the world at that presentmoment, the early 1970s.In a student newspaper article, a Ferry Hall journalist reported,“Some students decided not to take the [Woman] coursesince they were afraid that it would be solely women’s lib, andthat perhaps the boys at L.F.A. would have a low opinion ofthem if they took it.”These three vignettes from different eras in the history ofFerry Hall point to the school’s long-standing commitmentto the importance of challenging young women to a rigorouspursuit of intellectual inquiry. Additionally, Ferry Hall oftenoverly sexualized and underrepresented in positions of powerand influence in today’s media landscape.History instructor and gender historian Stefanie Bator explainsthe importance of bringing this film to campus.“I think it’s incredibly hard to be an adolescent girl thesedays. There are so many overly sexualized images coming outin the media,” Stefanie explains.Following the documentary, there was an open dialogueamong the audience.“I was amazed at how many girls—from all backgrounds,ethnicities, and social groups—shared examples of times theyfelt less than being a girl.”The screening of this documentary helped to continue a dialogueabout issues facing young women that began at Ferry Hall, adialogue that will continue to be a part of an LFA education.ferry tales 9
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