... She quickly challenged the girls' idea of what constituted art and exposed them to modern artist not endorsed by the school board. She dared them to think for themselves, and explore outside of their traditional views. This form of art was unacceptable by the students at first however; overtime Katherine penetrated her student's distain and earned their esteem. The notable exception was the moralistic upper-crust brat Betty (Kirsten Dunst), who sarcastically challenged Katherine from day one, and who caused Katherine's colleague and friend Amanda (Juliet Stevenson) to be fired by revealing in a school newspaper editorial that the free-thinking faculty member was supplying contraceptives to the students. This was unacceptable according to the staff of Wellesley because they felt that supplying women with contraceptives, was like condoning sexual activity before marriage, in which, sexual activity was not deemed as appropriate behavior for a woman who sought to be married by ...

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