“I think women can do almost anything a guy can do and I think it’s really cool that they the get recognition they deserve,” said business major Joshua Canales.
Women’s History Month has been celebrated as far back as the 1970s and it continues today, bringing along with it the Women’s History Month Essay Contest.
March is the month that is solemnly devoted to women and the accomplishments of the female sex.
“Deep down, I firmly believed women deserved the same rights as a men, and it is possible a woman can survive in this world, independently,” said zoology major Rose Mary Matute.
March can mean many things to different people, but for Matute it’s special.
“I believe women’s history month serves to remind and inspire every young woman in the world to fight for her rights and work unbelievably hard to make her dreams come true,” she said.
The Women’s History Month Essay Contest has been at Cerritos College for a few years now, and is a chance for students to learn about the experiences of specific women in history.
“I didn’t know about the essay contest but I think it’s a cool idea just to hear what people think,” said photography major Joseph Pineda.
Everyone has a different interpretation of women in history, and this contest gives the Cerritos College community a chance to express themselves and win prizes.
“As a guy I can honestly say that a woman who is not scared to challenge a man definitely deserves to be honored even if they are not (one of) the women you hear in history class,” Canales said.
“I love my mom, she raised me herself. She’s the strongest person I know and without all the changes that these strong women throughout history have (made), I would have probably never have been here today.”
The essay’s theme for 2013 is celebrating women in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, as well as any woman known personally by the contestant.
It must be a minimum of 500 words, in either APA or MLA format. The contestant must provide two typed, double-spaced copies of the essay.
Essays are to be turned in to Dr. Linda Palumbo’s mailbox by March 8 at 5 p.m.
For more information, email lpalumbo@cerritos.edu.
