Symposium at Stone Ridge spotlights women’s leadership and girls’ education (Bell '83)
More than 375 educators and students from 43 girls’ schools across the United States, Canada and Guatemala gathered Feb. 6 at Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart in Bethesda, Maryland, for a symposium examining women’s leadership, resilience and the distinctive role of girls’ education in forming young women for lives of purpose.
One of the keynote speakers, Dr. Barbara Bell, a retired Navy captain and aviator, traced her journey from small-town Michigan to the U.S. Naval Academy and ultimately to Navy Test Pilot School.
Today, she teaches ethics and moral reasoning at the Naval Academy and serves on the board of Astra Femina, a nonprofit that connects girls with women leaders in STEM fields.
“I tell my story because girls need to hear it,” Bell said. “When we tell our stories, we change lives.”
BZ '83!