​Serena Williams, Ruby Bridges to Be Honored at Women’s Hall of Fame

Serena Williams, Ruby Bridges to Be Honored at Women’s Hall of Fame

塞雷娜·威廉姆斯和鲁比·布里奇斯将在女性名人堂上受到表彰

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　　By Caty Weaver

　　23 November 2023

　　Serena Williams and Ruby Bridges will be inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in March of next year. The American organization in Seneca Falls, New York made the announcement Thursday.

　　The tennis great and the civil rights leader were added to a list to be honored during Women's History Month in March.

　　"The 2024 inductee class has broken barriers, challenged the status quo, and left an impact on history," the Hall of Fame said in its announcement.

　　Eight other honorees were announced in the spring. Williams and Bridges became available after the ceremony plans changed, a spokesman said.

　　The 42-year-old Williams has won major events in tennis, called Grand Slam events, 23 times. She holds the record for the longest ranking as the top competitor. She retired from tennis last year. Earlier this month, Williams became the first athlete to win the Fashion Icon award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America.

　　The 69-year-old Bridges was six years old when she became the first Black student at a Louisiana public school where non-whites had been barred. The event took place in 1960. In 1963, painter Norman Rockwell recreated the scene in his painting, The Problem We All Live With. Bridges established the Ruby Bridges Foundation in 1999. It offers educational programs and resources to guide and support younger generations toward a peaceful future.

　　Others to be inducted include Peggy McIntosh, an activist known for her explorations of privilege; Kimberlé Crenshaw who helped develop the academic idea called critical race theory; and Judith Plaskow, considered by some people as the first Jewish feminist theologian for criticizing the lack of female ideas in Jewish history.

　　The founder of the National Center for Human Rights Education in Atlanta, Loretta Ross, will also be inducted. So will Allucquére Rosanne "Sandy" Stone, a transgender woman born in 1936 and considered a founder of transgender studies in colleges.

　　Three women will be inducted posthumously. Dr. Patricia Bath was an early leader of laser eye operations and the first Black woman doctor to receive a medical patent. Dr. Anna Wessels Williams made a disease discovery that led to a treatment for diphtheria. And Elouise Pepion Cobell, known as Yellow Bird Woman, started the first bank established by a Native American tribe on a reservation in Browning, Montana.

　　For the first time, the induction ceremony will be broadcast nationally in prime time from New York City, the Hall of Fame said. The past 30 ceremonies have taken place in places around Seneca Falls, New York. The town was the site of the first Women's Rights Convention and is home to the National Women's Hall of Fame.

　　"The 2024 class of inductees are scientists, activists, performers, and athletes who are changemakers of today and inspiration for the women of tomorrow," said National Womens Hall of Fame chief, Jennifer Gabriel.

　　The American public nominates women to be considered for the Hall of Fame. A group of experts examines those nominations and makes the final decision.

　　I'm Caty Weaver.

　　Carolyn Thompson reported this story for the Associated Press. Caty Weaver adapted it for VOA Learning English.

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　　作者：凯蒂·韦弗

　　2023年11月23日

　　塞雷娜·威廉姆斯和鲁比·布里奇斯将于明年三月被引入国家女性名人堂。这个位于纽约塞内卡瀑布的美国组织在周四做出了这个公告。

　　这位网球巨星和民权领袖将被列入在三月的女性历史月期间受表彰的名单。

　　名人堂在其公告中说：“2024年的入选者打破了障碍，挑战了现状，并对历史产生了影响。”

　　另外八位被表彰者在春季时被公布。一位发言人表示，由于颁奖典礼计划的变更，威廉姆斯和布里奇斯得以被列入。

　　42岁的威廉姆斯在网球大满贯赛事中赢得了23次冠军。她保持了最长时间的世界第一排名记录。她在去年退役。本月早些时候，威廉姆斯成为了美国时装设计师协会颁发的时尚偶像奖的首位获奖运动员。

　　69岁的布里奇斯在六岁时成为了路易斯安那州一所公立学校的首位黑人学生，这所学校之前禁止非白人入学。这个事件发生在1960年。1963年，画家诺曼·洛克韦尔在他的画作《我们都生活在其中的问题》中重现了这一场景。布里奇斯在1999年建立了鲁比·布里奇斯基金会。该基金会提供教育项目和资源，以引导和支持年轻一代走向和平的未来。

　　其他将被引入的人包括：活动家佩吉·麦金托什，她因研究特权而闻名；金伯莉·克伦肖，她帮助发展了被称为批判种族理论的学术观点；以及一些人认为是第一位犹太女性主义神学家的朱迪思·普拉斯科，因为她批评了犹太历史中女性观点的缺乏。

　　亚特兰大人权教育国家中心的创始人洛雷塔·罗斯也将被引入。同样被引入的还有阿卢克尔·罗珊娜“桑迪”·斯通，她是1936年出生的一位跨性别女性，被认为是大学中跨性别研究的创始人。

　　还有三位女性将在去世后被引入。帕特丽夏·巴斯博士是激光眼科手术的早期领导者，也是第一位获得医学专利的黑人女医生。安娜·韦塞尔斯·威廉姆斯博士发现了一种疾病，这导致了白喉的治疗。而被称为黄鸟女的埃洛伊斯·佩皮翁·科贝尔在蒙大拿州布朗宁的一个保留地上创立了第一家由美洲原住民部落设立的银行。

　　名人堂表示，这将是第一次在全国黄金时段从纽约市播出入选仪式。过去的30次仪式都在纽约塞内卡瀑布周围的地方举行。这个城镇是第一次女权大会的地点，也是国家女性名人堂的所在地。

　　国家女性名人堂的负责人詹妮弗·加布里埃尔说：“2024年的入选者是今天的变革者，是明天的女性的灵感来源，他们是科学家、活动家、表演者和运动员。”

　　美国公众提名女性以供名人堂考虑。一个专家组审查这些提名并做出最后决定。

　　我是凯蒂·韦弗。

　　卡罗琳·汤普森为美联社报道了这个故事。凯蒂·韦弗为美国之音学习英语改编了它。

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　　这个故事中的词汇

　　induct –v. 录入，接纳进入

　　challenge –v. 质疑权威

　　status quo –n. 现状

　　impact –n. 影响

　　rank –v. 将事物按照在比赛中的位置进行排序

　　privilege –n. 拥有其他人没有或不能拥有的东西

　　academic –adj.与大学教学有关，但与日常生活无关

　　theologian –n. 宗教事务专家

　　posthumously –adv. 在某人死后