The 2025 Patricia E. Taylor Teaching Award has been awarded to Dr. Christine Anderson.
Christine Anderson, Social Studies teacher at MLWGS, will use the International Travel Experience to travel around France to deepen her understanding of:
- The portrayal of women and their national contributions from 19th century first-wave feminism, after World War I, and after World War II;
- The tension between French republicanism, first-wave feminism, and women’s contributions to the First and Second World Wars;
- Why it took longer in France to give women the vote and equal rights when compared to other Western European countries;
- How women are being remembered within French history and its national identity today; and
- The added intersection of ethnicity and religion in the politics of the veil resulting from Muslim immigration to France in the 21st century.
Christine designed her travel experience to deepen her understanding of these complex concepts she shares with her students so she can underscore for them “why identity matters and why it needs to be a lens used to study history and politics.”
Congratulations, Dr. Anderson.
