The Resolute Woman

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  • Lots of intelligent women

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    During the 1860s, women couldn’t vote, and they didn’t run for political office. Most of them didn’t have a career outside the home. But, some of them were well educated and had remarkable influence on the men in their lives. I am amazed at the number of intelligent, well educated women described by Doris Kearns…

  • One thing at a time, please

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    Do one thing at a time and focus, advises Dr. Sandra Bond Chapman, author of a new book Make Your Brain Smarter: Increase Your Brain’s Creativity, Energy and Focus. Dr. Chapman is the founder and chief director of the Center for Brain Health at the University of Texas at Dallas. Don’t multitask. Instead, practice the…

  • The world is a good place

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    Jessica Jackley is the mother of twins, who are not yet 2 years old. Every morning the twins remind her of a truth, she says. “They remind me that the world is a good place full of adventures.” I heard Jackley speak recently at an annual luncheon sponsored by the San Antonio Women Foundation. She…

  • What do you want to fix?

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    Jessica Jackley urges women to look for problems and opportunities and believe they can do something to make the world a better place. I heard Jackley speak recently at an annual luncheon sponsored by the San Antonio Women Foundation. She is the co-founder of Kiva, the world’s first peer-to-peer microlending website. Kiva, which lets internet…

  • Advice from the trees

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    Trees are splendid symbols of hope and growth and strength. “Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come.”—Chinese proverb “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The next best time is now.”—Chinese proverb “I’m planting a tree to teach me to gather strength from my…

  • Be a good bluffer

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    In her new book Lean In, Sheryl Sandberg, the chief operating officer of Facebook, suggests that women need more self-confidence. How can you develop more self-confidence? Betty Lehan Harragan, in her book Games Mother Never Taught You—Corporate Gamemanship for Women, says that women need to learn how to be good bluffers. Her book was published…

  • Wisdom from Gloria Steinem

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    After reading about Sheryl Sandberg’s new book Lean In in the March 18, 2013, issue of Time magazine, we looked online for some wisdom from Gloria Steinem, an activist and feminist who has been talking to women for decades. Here are three Steinem quotes we like. “Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the…

  • Don’t underestimate yourself

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    Not everyone agrees with everything Sheryl Sandberg, the chief operating officer of Facebook, says in her new book Lean In. According to the March 18, 2013, issue of Time, Sandberg’s thesis is that women are not aiming high enough. They’re underestimating their abilities, and they’re spending too much time on housework and children. “We hold…

  • Living our lives fully

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    “Aging scares me a little,” Katie Couric, the journalist, admits in an article in the March 2013 issue of Woman’s Day Magazine. However, Katie concludes, “I can handle the wrinkles, because every day I wake up healthy is a gift, and one that is sometimes taken for granted….My friends and I are eating better and…

  • Sassy and savvy

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    After the Civil War, Amanda Nite Burks, who married when she was 15, and her husband Bud drove their horses and cattle to Banquette, Texas, and settled there. In her book Texas Dames—Sassy and Savvy Women Throughout Lone Star History, Carmen Goldwaite quotes from Amanda’s diary to tell the story of her three-month journey on…