The Resolute Woman

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  • Why Susan Anthony quit school

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    Susan B. Anthony, who campaigned for women’s right to vote and was arrested in 1872 for trying to vote, stopped going to school when her teacher refused to teach her long division because she was a girl. “Maybe the male teacher felt girls didn’t need to learn such advanced math,” says Mary Kay Carson in…

  • Remember Susan B. Anthony

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    As you listen to the never-ending coverage of the presidential candidates, remember Susan B. Anthony. Anthony, who campaigned for women’s rights, was arrested for trying to vote during the 1872 presidential election. When she appeared in court, the judge wouldn’t let her testify. “He said women were incompetent, and not smart or trustworthy enough,” says…

  • On the road with Gloria Steinem

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    I just started listening to Gloria Steinem’s new book My Life on the Road. I’ll write more about it when I finish it. But there’s a quote from Ms. Steinem, who is 81, and still traveling, that I want to share now. “When people ask me why I still have hope and energy after all…

  • Conquering my fears

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    Since my fall when I shattered my femur, I sometimes have been afraid—afraid that I’ll get too tired if we invite friends to our house for dinner and they stay too late, afraid that I’ll get too tired if I drive from Dallas to Denton to visit my daughter, afraid that I’ll be too tired…

  • Augusta Chiwy, a Resolute Woman

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    I had never heard of Augusta Chiwy, a Belgian nurse, until I read her obituary in the August 29, 2015, issue of The Dallas Morning News. This Resolute Woman was 23 when an American doctor knocked on the door of her father’s house during the Battle of the Bulge. When Dr. John Prior told Chiwy…

  • Barrel through life with audacity

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    Lily Tomlin, the comedian and actress, has some advice that she would have given her younger self if she could. In an interview with Studio 360, a public radio program, Tomlin said: “Just barrel through life with all the audacity you can and be confident. “Where you can learn something, learn it, and where you…

  • What is Grit?

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    Grit is the secret to success, conclude Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval in their new book Grit to Great. They say grit has four essential components. Guts—the courage to take on a tough challenge Resilience—the ability to stay focused and motivated Initiative—the quality of that leads you to be a self-starter Tenacity—the relentless ability…

  • Grit to Great

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    “Passion and perseverance, it turns out, matter more than talent or intelligence when it comes to being successful,” argue Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval in their new book Grit to Great. “Grit has been equated more with methodical stick-to-it-iveness and survival than any secret ingredient to success….Grit is the result of a hard-fought struggle,…

  • Phenomenal Woman

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    Maya Angelou was a Resolute Woman—and a Phenomenal Woman, and I have always liked her poem “Phenomenal Woman.” Pretty women wonder where my secret lies. I’m not cute or built to suit a fashion model’s size. But when I start to tell them, They think I’m telling lies. I say, It’s in the reach of…

  • A healthy portion of insanity

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    I heard Jessical Jackley speak several years ago at a San Antonio Women’s Foundation luncheon and was impressed by her enthusiasm and intelligence. Jackley, a Stanford business school graduate, co-founded Kiva.org, a website that uses microloans to channel millions of dollars to the world’s poor. She is a Resolute Woman—and the author of a new…