The Stony Brook School


David Hickey – Lead Teacher

David Hickey, Lead Teacher

Stony Brook, NY | 9-12th Grade

"Not only were the girls all fascinated and inspired in learning about the sacrifices and work of these suffragist icons, but also were similarly moved by investigating the heritage of their female forebears or in simply reflecting on the lives and models of their own mothers and grandmothers, some of whom still cannot vote in their own nations."

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FEATURED WORK

My Great-Great-Grandmother

My Great-Great-Grandmother

 By Rhiannon Jeffrey

I like to believe that my great-great-grandmother was the person that inspired the love of literature that our family has.   READ MORE +
My Great-Grandmother

My Great-Grandmother

 By Gemma O'Neill

After doing this project, I am more conscious of rights and abilities that I take for granted; for these two women even wearing pants was not a normal thing.   READ MORE +
My Loving Mother

My Loving Mother

 By Sarah Vincent

Reflecting on this project has made me realize that anyone can make a difference. Everyone should try to listen and hear their sisters, mothers, grandmothers, and any other woman in their life.   READ MORE +
My Mother

My Mother

 By Sarah Wong

I used to pass lightly over my rights as a woman, never knowing the significance of their history.   READ MORE +

STUDENT WORK

My Mother

My Mother

 By Angela Kwak

I never knew how strong the women in my family were, and I never knew how many tears and pains it took to pass the Nineteenth Amendment.
My Sister Lidia

My Sister Lidia

 By Chimelu Ani

When I hear stories of my family’s own independence, the moment we got to vote, our struggle to success, I feel the same sort of pride as I feel for Ida B. Wells.
My Grandmother

My Grandmother

 By Emily Bishop

When I register to vote, I don’t expect to face opposition, but I wonder how my grandmother’s friends and parents would have reacted when she decided she wanted to vote.
My Great-Grandmother

My Great-Grandmother

 By Meadow Azaz

One of my favorite parts of this project was the life story of one of my female relatives.
My Mother

My Mother

 By Michelle Xuan

Looking at my family, even my mother was someone who did not have the right to vote handed to her.
Mary O'Brien

Mary O'Brien

 By Nora Shortell

In 1920, my Grandma’s mother came from Ireland to America when she was eighteen all by herself without most of her family knowing, just her father.
My Grandmother

My Grandmother

 By Runing Guan

Although I have lived in China for sixteen years, I have never really researched how we run elections. All that I know is normally people don’t get to vote and just grow to accept that.
My Mother

My Mother

 By Sarah Stortz

While doing research on my mother’s story, I realized just how much she has also accomplished, and how it is similar to Harriet’s story as well. Harriet was a slave, she was a woman, and she was black. My mother was from a third-world country, a woman, extremely poor.
My Mother

My Mother

 By Tina Luo

Before this project, I did not know much about the work that my mother has done. I learned the legacy she has left to many of the women around her.
My Grandmother

My Grandmother

 By Zida Anyachebelu

I am glad to be a woman. I am glad to be a black woman. For years it has been difficult for black women to have rights.

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