Shippensburg University’s Feminists of Shippensburg hosted a game of “Jeopardy” on Feb. 16 to promote their club and teach the SU community about historical feminists.
The event took place in CUB 119. The room was filled with an excited energy, as the three teams clapped and cheered with every correct answer.
The “Jeopardy” categories were powerful princesses, Black history, pop culture and influential leaders. Each question gave a summary of the accomplishments and background of a notable woman. Some of the women featured included Ida B. Wells, Jackie Kennedy and Marsha P. Johnson.
The winners of the game were students Samual Martin and Kathryn Davis. They won a self-care basket, with products like skin care items. The second-place winner received a $25 gift card to Texas Roadhouse.
While the game mostly followed the traditional rules of “Jeopardy,” the Feminists of Shippensburg altered a few to make the game run more smoothly.
The primary change was allowing the teams to look up answers. Each team had a “looker-upper” who could try to find the answer online if the team could not figure out the answer on its own. This meant every team could look up the answer, but the points would go to whoever was the fastest.
This decision was made because some of the historical figures were more niche or less likely to be taught in standard history classes.
President and founder of the Feminists of Shippensburg, Natalie Woleab, explained “that made it so people learned new voices and learned new faces that aren’t really taught by history.”
While Woleab hoped to educate SU students on historical women, she also wanted to promote her club. The Feminists of Shippensburg was established last year, having received SGA approval in early October.
Woleab is working on raising awareness of the club so she can “do more and spread more change.”
Woleab has plans of hosting fundraisers to donate to various causes, namely women’s shelters and displacement funds. One idea for a fundraiser is to hold a craft night where students would pay a small fee that would then be donated to a charitable cause.
The Feminists of Shippensburg are currently limited by their lack of budget, but that does not stop it from holding events to educate the Shippensburg community about feminism and women’s history.
For more information about the Feminists of Shippensburg and their future events, check out its Instagram @feministsofshippensburg.
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