Kimball Union Students Meet Gloria Steinem
While Kimball Union students come from all over the United States and the World, their school-year home, a village in the small state of New Hampshire, that ranks 42nd in terms of population, stands front and center as the presidential primaries begin.
New Hampshire plays host to the first, and often most influential primary election in the nation. We straddle the border between Sullivan and Grafton counties, two of the more populous counties outside of the southern New Hampshire commuter towns, and our neighboring towns play host to many Republican, Democrat, and Independent candidates. Our primary is so well covered by the media that combined with the Iowa Caucus, we receive more media attention than all the other state primaries combined.
With an eye on the February 9 primary, students have several opportunities to travel to local town hall hearings and participate in open meetings on campus to raise awareness and to talk about the candidates and the issues. This past week, several Senior girls traveled to Hanover with history teacher Lyn Lord for an incredible opportunity to hear one of the more influential voices of our generation, Gloria Steinem, advocate for her candidate, Hillary Clinton. Ms. Steinem paid a compliment to our very own Ms. Lord, saying “You are the true activist teaching high schoolers how to be passionate.”
The Valley News was equally impressed with our students’ involvement and interest in hearing Ms. Steinem speak, and featured two of our students in a weekend article.
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