ABOUT THIS EPISODE
We're back with Kharma Hicks and Chianta Gray — two of the first women to graduate from Girard College in 1993 — and things only get better from here.
In Part 2, we get into the early girls' sports era, including the 8th grade basketball team where Chianta scored on the wrong basket and couldn't figure out why nobody was guarding her. (Now she knows.) We also revisit the co-ed 8th grade soccer team, where the girls made sure every away game had a proper George Michael soundtrack. You're welcome, opponents.
Then there's Ms. Saldana — the teacher who took hygiene education very seriously and apparently had no problem sharing her romantic life with a room full of girls. We also hear from host Dan, who learned a very important lesson about throwing clay in art class when his mom showed up on a random Tuesday and handled things in front of the whole class. The art teacher saw everything, and did nothing to stop it.
And to close it out — the media circus of June 1993. Graduating as the first women from Girard was a massive deal, and the news outlets showed up accordingly. Plus, we talk about the new museum in Founder's Hall, where the women of '93 now have a permanent section dedicated to them. As they should.
