Civic Reflection: President’s Day

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Civic Reflection: President’s Day

Today is President’s Day. I get the day off. I’m not very sure why, except that maybe Presidents are worth celebrating with a short sabbatical. What am I supposed to do today? What is the intention of this holiday? Does anyone really take the day off work and ponder John Quincy Adams?

These questions lead me to more questions of leadership and power. Are President’s worth celebrating? More than spiritual leaders or civil rights leaders or just well-respected community leaders? I have no problem celebrating Grandparent’s Day or Administrative Assistants Day.

So here’s the basis of my civic reflections on President’s Day:

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The Clothes Make the Woman – Or Do They?

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The Clothes Make the Woman – Or Do They?

Day Two of the Vermont Women in Higher Education Conference. I could definitely extend this experience into three or four days – the setting, the Lake Morey Resort, is wonderful!

I could write plenty about each workshop, presenter, meal, and conversation, but I would do better by diving deeper into one thread of a speech that is sticking in my craw.

A prominent speaker at the event – I won’t identify her because I don’t want to make this personal – said that we (“we” being women) need to always be aware of our appearance. I wondered: do the clothes make the woman?

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