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phillycat
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 Posted: 11/16/04 - 11:03 Post subject: Women who represent
I had the great pleasure of meeting a local legend the other day. None other than 3 time gold medal winner and Temple women's bball coach DAWN STALEY!
I was in awe. I really admire her. She is someone who has taken her fame and used it to help those in need. She still lives in Philly and spends a considerable amount of her time helping the community where she grew up. This was one of the reasons why the Olympic team chose her to carry the flag during the opening ceremony.
Are there any women that you admire...and why?
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sonnylax
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Posted: 11/16/04 - 11:06 Post subject:
I admire Condi Rice. Very intelligent, Stanford educated, and at the highest level of public service in this country.
The fact that she is African-American and a female are secondary in my book. 
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Ms. Jenn
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Posted: 11/16/04 - 11:09 Post subject:
My mother.
She's had a pretty tough life and she didn't let it get her down. She's sucked it up and moved on. Her strength was passed on to me and I thank her for that.
My Grandmother (my dad's mother).
Since the opening of an AIDS hospice in Corpus Christi, she worked as a volunteer showing the patients that somebody still cared about them and loved them despite having a horrible disease. She also volunteered in a thrift/craft store that raised funds for the hospice.
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cherylpf
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Posted: 11/16/04 - 11:09 Post subject:
I admire Eunice and now Maria Shriver for their undying commitment to philanthropy, particularly Special Olympics and Alzheimer's research. And almost exactly what you said PhillyC, they are both people who have taken their fame and prominant family name and used it to help those in need. Also, clearly, have been able to raise strong women in generations following who can follow this tradition.
What a great topic. I have more I'm sure.
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phillycat
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Posted: 11/16/04 - 11:09 Post subject:
| Ms. Jenn wrote: | My mother.
She's had a pretty tough life and she didn't let it get her down. She's sucked it up and moved on. Her strength was passed on to me and I thank her for that.
My Grandmother (my dad's mother).
Since the opening of an AIDS hospice in Corpus Christi, she worked as a volunteer showing the patients that somebody still cared about them and loved them despite having a horrible disease. She also volunteered in a thrift/craft store that raised funds for the hospice. |
Awesome 
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BamBam
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Posted: 11/16/04 - 11:10 Post subject:
I admire Helen Reddy.
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Posted: 11/16/04 - 11:14 Post subject:
I've always admired MIL. She and FIL divorced when her kids were young. She went to college while they were young. They didn't have 2 nickels to rub together up until Kramer was graduating from high school, but her kids never felt like they were poor. She always was able to get them what they needed. She went from that to making mid-6 figures, all due to her hard work.
So when I look at where we are, not nearly as poor as she was, I feel like I can do amazing things if I just put my all into it. She never depended upon another man to help her either. That's where I want to be. Doing it all on my own because I can. The sooner I don't need child support and alimony, the better.
I miss her terribly, esp. now. She loved this time of year. We had so much fun together until she became ill. Our first Christmas without mom and also without my husband. Ugh.
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elkid
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Posted: 11/16/04 - 11:21 Post subject:
My mother. A certain always on the run RRer who'd be embarrassed if I mentioned her by name. Gloria Feldt. Linda Fuller. The scores of women who this year made SVAW a reality. Coco Chanel. Sandra Day O'Connor. Greta Van Susteren.
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Posted: 11/16/04 - 12:13 Post subject:
Too many to name. I am inspired by:
1. Women who put up with dressing like men to be taken seriously in the workplace, who put up with sexual harassment so they could have jobs (or fought it and lost their jobs), who carried the torch that we might have better and more opportunities.
2. Women who took care of their children on practically nothing, and the formidable women those children grew up to be.
3. Women who didn't forget when they got somewhere that they had an obligation to ensure that other women would get there, too.
4. Women who fight every day to make sure that discrimination against the poor, single moms, and minorities is unacceptable and compensable.
5. Women who understand that we're not there yet, and that to settle for complacency now erodes the future generation's ability to achieve all they can.
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Posted: 11/16/04 - 12:14 Post subject:
Still thinking about this thread. My mom used to tell me stories or have me read about women reformers and powerful women in history. My mom is a fairly reserved person, (much like Laura Bush in personality) quiet, but with strong ideas. Anyway, she I think wanted to impress upon us the importance of doing for others who can't, and that women's voices should be heard. So in a sense, learning about these women as a kid formed the ideas of what I believed women should be, and so, I guess many are role models for me. Some I remember hearing about: Sojourner Truth, Dolley Madison, Jane Goodall, Annie Oakley, Amelia Earhart, Clara Barton...
still thinking...
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phillycat
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Posted: 11/16/04 - 12:45 Post subject:
| Gogirlgo wrote: | Too many to name. I am inspired by:
1. Women who put up with dressing like men to be taken seriously in the workplace, who put up with sexual harassment so they could have jobs (or fought it and lost their jobs), who carried the torch that we might have better and more opportunities.
2. Women who took care of their children on practically nothing, and the formidable women those children grew up to be.
3. Women who didn't forget when they got somewhere that they had an obligation to ensure that other women would get there, too.
4. Women who fight every day to make sure that discrimination against the poor, single moms, and minorities is unacceptable and compensable.
5. Women who understand that we're not there yet, and that to settle for complacency now erodes the future generation's ability to achieve all they can. |
Very very well put.
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Posted: 11/16/04 - 18:32 Post subject:
| elkid wrote: | | A certain always on the run RRer who'd be embarrassed if I mentioned her by name. |
 it'll be our little secret.
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