Middlebury Women Leaders

Nancy Gibbs is the most recent Editor in Chief of TIME Magazine. She was the first woman to hold the position, and has written more cover stories for TIME than any other writer. In the last year at TIME, Ms. Gibbs started a project called the FIRSTS project, which features women who have changed the world by being the first females to receive notoriety in their field. She interviewed women such as Hillary Clinton, Madeleine Albright, Nobel laureate Elizabeth Blackburn, Sheryl Sandberg, and Aretha Franklin – among others.

Join Middlebury Women Leaders for a discussion of women’s rights with women from the local Nulhegan Abenaki Native American tribe. Our hope is to host a conversation that compares and contrasts Western feminism with other traditions of feminism. We will explore differences in matriarchal vs patriarchal traditions with our Abenaki guests.

Sponsored by Middlebury Women Leaders and the MCAB Speakers Committee

The MWL team meets to discuss topical issues and trends on women’s professional development. Come join us!

The MWL team meets to discuss topical issues and trends on women’s professional development. Come join us!

The MWL team meets to discuss topical issues and trends on women’s professional development. Come join us!

The MWL team meets to discuss topical issues and trends on women’s professional development. Come join us!

The MWL team meets to discuss topical issues and trends on women’s professional development. Come join us!

The MWL team meets to discuss topical issues and trends on women’s professional development. Come join us!

Today, only 20% of seats in U.S. Congress are held by women. That ranks the United States as 101st on the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)’s list of female representation in legislatures around the world. Organizations like She Should Run are trying to change that. She Should Run is a non-partisan 501(c)3 based in Washington, DC that recruits and trains women to run for political office. Since the 2016 election, more than 15,000 women have contacted She Should Run interested in entering government.

MWL convenes every other Monday to build a community of women on campus, and empower these women through group discussions, networking, and learning-in-action as we plan campus-wide events.