Meghan Markle reached out to a British high school to encourage its students to learn about important women of the past.
The Duchess of Sussex wrote a personal letter to the roughly 700 students who attend Robert Clack Upper School in the town of Dagenham in East London on Monday, one year after visiting the school in person. “It was this time a year ago that I had the pleasure of meeting so many of you during my visit to celebrate International Women’s Day and mark the 50th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act,” she wrote in the note that was released by the school on social media on Thursday. “I look back on that day with such fond memories, and think of you all frequently, especially recognizing how difficult it’s been for students and families during the past year.”
She continued, “This International Women’s Day, in collaboration with the work of our non-profit organization, Archewell Foundation, we are encouraging everybody to participate in real acts of compassion for the women in their lives and their community. One suggestion we have is to take a moment to learn about the trailblazing women who came before us.” Meghan added that she’s been “recently thinking about Geraldine Dear,” a striker who championed for equal pay in the 1960s whom the royal met at the school in 2020. “Without women like Geraldine, who formed part of the original group of women advocating for equal pay, so much of what we do now wouldn’t be possible. By knowing and appreciating…
