The Emerald Newsletter | Kappa Delta Chi Sorority Fall 2017 | Page 18

Alumni Spotlight

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#FEMALESTRONG

By Mallory Keough

I think G.D Anderson made one of the best statements surrounding the Feminist movement that’s happening in society. He said “Feminism isn’t about making women stronger. Women are already strong. It’s about changing the way the world perceives that strength.” As a female engineering undergrad student, at a school in the most northern part of New York State, the girls and I within the Beta Beta chapter fight these perceptions every day on our own campus. Clarkson University has about a 60:40 predominantly male population.

For more perspective that

equates to about 2,286 male

undergrads to 971 females.

These statistics

immediately put us

behind just

because we

are women.

We walk

into an

upper

Mallory Keough currently serves as the new member educator of the Beta Beta Chapter in New York.