Girl's Empowerment Day
Yesterday I participated in a Girl’s Day of Empowerment at Franklinton High School. I and three other ladies manned the Franklin County Arts Council booth to answer ninth grade ladies’ questions about our careers in the arts. It was the first I’d heard about Girls Empowerment programs but a quick Google search reveals schools and civic organizations are sponsoring these celebrations of womanhood all over the country. At first thought it seems a little sexists. Why just girls? It is a little sad to think that the females of our species have such over-all low self-esteem that we need a day to remind us we can be powerful and successful in whatever we wish to be. But if it helps girls feel they CAN, then it’s a good idea. My two books, Pale as the Moon and An Independent Spirit , have strong female leading characters with “I CAN” personalities. Gray Squirrel, a fictional character in Pale as the Moon , had a quiet spirit, but was able to rescue a small group of English colonists thr