Agency, Voice, and the Evolution (AVE) of Women at Saint Mary’s, 1920-2023: Spring 2023Main MenuIntroductionHistoriesAgencyVoiceArchival ArtifactsReflections on SMC EvolutionsSarah Noonan6616b08296cc76f25739fd6dc35367e3165a69b8Katie Clem277dccd2c72fe75559fa3cb6812d91c31d46cbf5Mary Elsingerc2fbf519a404f57de142b733bfd5848db8bc00b8Chancelor Gordon36fa579b81a8e331e31194c0836dd2041fe6491aBridget Marie Justend47f066fb9b4a60eca3891c723dafa495b2bff04Grace Leberf9adb4e66bd91b073ec447dd91b0c57cfa1b1d2fChloe Nosal06dfec1bb7eec59a49971c5d4227a000f9fff209Kaylen Nyhuisddaa703792cbecefb65fa2167c199bb324fffb91Paige Parker1a33153d2a3c63c56a571c9fa52e70dcfc4e6380Mari Pritulsky5b1e90d1504934830e574c7d0432ace4dd555c1dChristina Shadid060abcc9a5cfba44ac7f4fa38e996f3c10379d36Sarah Stephenson3ec5b45f5253cd50aa84814a90dbbd6a9634fedcMariana Taskeye90784c4b94cd2eb8ada789d5a82d75a01491430Evangelina Yarber1bf01cb750f81bde1ab06befb95053b667310e2c
Questioning of Social Activities
1media/Catherine Kennedy Journal p. 81.jpgmedia/20230426_110816 (1).jpg2023-04-27T13:21:36-07:00Chancelor Gordon36fa579b81a8e331e31194c0836dd2041fe6491a425243plain2023-05-02T12:16:44-07:00Sarah Noonan6616b08296cc76f25739fd6dc35367e3165a69b8Popular social activities for women were called into question by second-wave feminism. On one hand, pageants and balls in the South Bend area were popular in the 1960s and continued into the 1970s, as seen by a newspaper clipping titled, Presentation debs have a ball. This article announces that two Saint Mary’s students, Deborah Marie Moloney and Mary Ann Brantman, were debutantes presented at the 15th annual Presentation Ball in 1972. On the other hand, protests began to appear, such as the “Freedom Trash Can” demonstration of 1968 in Atlantic City, that occurred in opposition to the Miss America beauty pageant. This demonstration stood up against the material and superficial expectations associated with women. For example, they threw high heels, fake eyelashes, girdles, and wigs away as women were expected to dress according to societal beauty standards.