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Dorothy Chiffriller Venditto

Gender Equity Means Opportunity, Says Mount Kisco’s Dorothy Venditto In New Book Gender Equity Means Opportunity, Says Mount Kisco’s Dorothy Venditto In New Book
Gender Equity Means Opportunity, Says Mount Kisco’s Dorothy Venditto In New Book A group of kindergartners are given generic outlines of people depicting careers — firefighters, pilots, police officers, doctors — and asked to name the figures.  Would you be surprised to learn that overwhelmingly the students chose boys' names?  By kindergarten gender expectations are often already in place, but they don’t have to stay set in place. “Gender Equity in Elementary Schools” is a new book by longtime Mount Kisco resident Dorothy Chiffriller Venditto, who taught in the Bedford School District for 15 years and recently retired.   Her interest in gender equity began about 10 …