“I realized many years later that in my life and actions, of course I was a feminist. I was a woman studying engineering and I held my head up.”
–Nathalie Provost, one of the women who survived an attack on students at L’École Polytechnique in Montreal. In 1989, Marc Lepine opened fire on a classroom of female engineering students, blaming them and feminism for his failures in life. Twenty-seven students were injured; 14 died.
Read more of Provost’s reflections.
(H/T: Feministing)
(Flickr/Alan Bell)
