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"The Women's Studies program at GU has provided an enviornment in which I can both explore and express who I am more fully as a human being and as a woman, by encouraging me to ask basic questions about the role I play and roles I *could* play in my society and in the world. Also it has opened my mind to the beauty of diversity and prompted me to seek equality for people of all genders, races, sexualities and ways of being."
-Elizabeth Stauder

"The Women's Studies program at GU has helped me see that my passion in life is working with non-profit organizations that benefit women. We are so often blind to the suffering of women and children in our society, whether it be the percentage of female homeless persons, the blatant disrespect for women's bodies found in much of the media, and even the negative connotation that the word "feminist" carries with it. The women's Studies program has allowed me to see these things in a critical way, and I hope to move forward in life educating people about women's rights and equality."
-Christina Canaday