BEARING THE RED HAT ON THE CAP - Essay from the perspective of the red hat, within group 4.

 

BEARING THE RED HAT ON THE CAP

 

The red hat has always been my favorite! It refers to emotions, sensations and intuitions ... It probably suits me! I love fire, the heat of emotions, I have a quick-temper and I have strong feelings, even if it's not always visible from the outside.

Now I'm wearing it again, because I love it and because it represents me! I think the red hat means passion, to burn only to be reborn again, to give everything up, even if it means sacrificing yourself, to be consumed, melting, dripping, then reappearing as an improved version of yourself, and then to go beyond your limits and further, to find a new frontier to cross.

I think that's what I could say about each of the extraordinary women of science that I look up to and to whom I always look for, in the hope that I will be able to guess what their secret is. What is the inner resort that made them work so hard, to put aside barriers, to change mindsets, to exceed limits, to want to continue their journey and their effort even if the fates were not on their side?

I wonder, in a world of men, how could they survive?

I am thinking, for example, of Elizabeth Garrett Andreson, who succeeded in 1865, through intelligence, tenacity and strength of character, to become the first female doctor in Britain, at a time when this was unheard of.

 She also established a dispensary in 1866, and in 1872 founded the New Hospital for Women in London (which now bears her name), with staff that is entirely made up of female employees.

Anderson's determination paved the way for other women, and in 1876 an act was passed that allowed women to enter the medical field.

In 1883, Anderson was appointed dean of the London School of Medicine for Women, which she helped find in 1874, and supervise its expansion.

In 1902, Anderson retreated to Aldeburgh off the suffolk coast. In 1908, she became the mayor of the city, the first female mayor of England. She was a member of the suffragette movement and her daughter Louisa was also a prominent suffragette. Anderson herself died on 17 December 1917.

 

 

Essay by Dan C., Vivian D. and Gabriela Mureșan from Secondary School «Andrei Şaguna» Turda, Cluj County, Romania, within group 4.