Sweet Briar College

www.sbc.edu
Sweet Briar, VA
May 13, 2006
Judith Martin, author and syndicated columnist known as "Miss Manners"

"The New Woman, which my generation was so proud to create, turned out to feel guilty and cranky. The reaction, Girl Power, turned out to be a no-maintenance party girl. I ask the Class of 2006 to keep what was good about each of them - the drive, the sense of responsibility, the refusal to settle for second class treatment, and also the revival of fun and frills?and to go on to create the New Lady.

She should be independent and dignified, ambitious and well behaved, attractive and ladylike, and she should take on the task of restructuring the workplace so that both men and women are also able to have a true personal life of family, friends and philanthropy."