The Resolute Woman

Category: resolute-women

  • Clever and courageous girls

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    I just bought two of my friends—both girls, one in the second grade and the other in the fourth grade—a copy of Bruce Lansky’s book The Royal Joust, 10 Inspiring Stories about Clever and Courageous Girls from around the World. In the introduction to the book, Lansky writes, “If you’re curious about why I decided…

  • Ban bossy!

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    Sheryl Sandberg, author of Lean In and Facebook COO, and Anna Maria Chavez, CEO of Girl Scouts of the USA, both remember being called “bossy” when they were girls. The two women recently wrote an article in The Wall Street Journal stressing that those words still tell girls: “Keep your voice down. Don’t raise your…

  • Happy Birthday, Gloria

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    Gloria Steinem, a leader in the feminist movement for decades, turned 80 in March. To celebrate her birthday, Gloria took a trip to Botswana to ride elephants, reported Gail Collins, The New York Times columnist. Happy Birthday, Gloria! May we all be up to a trip to Botswana to ride elephants when we turn 80.

  • The ledger of daily work

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    How do we define success? Am I successful if perform an act of courage? If I climb to the top of my profession? If I have collected things that money can buy? Beryl Markham, in her autobiography West with the Night, has another definition. I like it even though I’ve edited her words, written decades…

  • Contemplative at the eye of chaos

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    Sister Joan Chittister, author of many books and a member of the Benedictine Sisters of Erie, Pennsylvania, talks about “being contemplative at the eye of chaos.” Contemplative in the midst of chaos? We like that image. It’s easy to be contemplative when you’re outside in a quiet garden or alone listening to music. But, to…

  • Sing your song

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    It was big news. In Canterbury, England, in the Canterbury Cathedral, where boys’ choirs have sung for more than 1,000 years, a choir of 16 girls was singing for the first time, The Dallas Morning News reported in its January 24, 2014, issue. A female choir “Is a natural development” that adds “diversity and richness”…

  • A second chance

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    Today we’re living long lives—long enough to give most of us a second chance, explained Anna Quindlen, author of Still Life with Bread Crumbs, during a recent visit to Dallas. In her new book, Quindlen gives Rebecca, the main character, a second chance at success in her career and in love. As the book jacket…

  • The power that comes from the heart

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    Malcolm Gladwell wrote his latest book because he really is “interested in the power that comes from the heart—courage, determination, persistence.” Gladwell talked about his book David and Goliath—Underdogs, Misfits and the Art of Battling Giants recently at an Arts & Letters Live presentation in Dallas. He called that power of the heart “a weapon…

  • Alva Vanderbilt’s definition of success

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    Alva Vanderbilt thought that she was a very successful woman. Alva always had great ambitions for herself, explained Malcolm Gladwell, author of David and Goliath, recently in an Arts & Letters Live presentation in Dallas. She managed to marry William Vanderbilt, grandson of Cornelius, in 1875. However, even though the Vanderbilts were among the richest…

  • Words can be abusive, too

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    “He practically trailed me around the house from morning until night, calling out my shortcomings,” the author writes. “He had developed an obsession with knobs and handles. It seemed that I turned them too hard or not hard enough. I over tightened the knobs on the shower and stripped them. I didn’t turn the knobs…