The Resolute Woman

Category: work

  • Dignity and decency

    —

    by

    resolutewoman
    in , ,

    Michelle Obama once said, “We learned about dignity and decency—that how hard you work matters more than how much you make—that helping others means more than just getting ahead yourself.”

  • If men had babies

    —

    by

    resolutewoman
    in ,

    I found a card in an antique shop in Bellingham, Washington, and I couldn’t resist buying it for my friend Kathleen, who is supposed to have her second baby before the end of the month. The card shows a funky illustration of two men—one is sitting behind a desk and talking—and the other is wearing…

  • Would you hire Ruth Bader Ginsburg?

    —

    by

    resolutewoman
    in ,

    In 1959, RBG graduated from Columbia Law at the top of her class, but she could barely get a job. No one wanted to hire a woman lawyer. In 1963, RBG became the second woman to teach full-time at Rutgers School of Law. She didn’t get paid as much as the men on the faculty.…

  • The nights of work

    —

    by

    resolutewoman
    in , ,

    I’m sharing another quote from Maya Angelou. It’s one that my friend Lynn shared with me. “The nights of work, the hours of hope amount at last to this day of joy,” Angelou once said. –Joy

  • Mediocre at housekeeping

    —

    by

    resolutewoman
    in , ,

    Inspiration can come from a variety of sources. I found this quote while browsing at Barnes & Nobles: “I don’t want to brag, but I’m pretty mediocre at housekeeping.” That inspiration about what’s most important comes from Anne Taintor’s 2016 engagement calendar. –Joy

  • How’s your physiology?

    —

    by

    resolutewoman
    in ,

    Katie Karlovitz, a public speaking coach, says that your effectiveness as a speaker depends 55 percent on your physiology, 38 percent on your tonality and 7 percent on your content. I checked and physiology refers to a branch of biology that deals with the functions and activities of life or of living matter. Karlovitz is…

  • Barely domestic

    —

    by

    resolutewoman
    in , ,

    I’m behind on my spring cleaning. Of course, I have a good excuse this year—my broken leg. But, this is not the first year I’ve been behind. That’s why I appreciate this quote from Phyllis Diller. “My husband says the only thing domestic about me is that I was born in this country.” I found…

  • Smuggling mice and working hard

    —

    by

    resolutewoman
    in ,

    Rita Levi-Montalcini once smuggled a pair of mice on a plane to Brazil by tucking them in her purse or maybe it was her pocket. She needed the mice for research. In 1986, she was award a Nobel Prize for her research on nerve cells. When Levi-Montalcini died in 2012, she was still doing research,…

  • Keep working

    —

    by

    resolutewoman
    in ,

    Yikes! I had another birthday. But I’m not worried. I saved an article titled “The Art of Living” from the September 23, 2013, issue of Time magazine, and it contains some encouraging news. It pays to keep working—especially if you’re doing work that requires you to remain nimble, adaptive and solve problems. If you’re working,…

  • Girls can do everything

    —

    by

    resolutewoman
    in , ,

    It was 1872, and Blanche was 12 years old when she announced: “I am going to be a steamboat captain someday.” Mr. Blackstone, captain of the J.P. Whittaker, raised his big eyebrows. And then he laughed. “Girls don’t grow up to be steamboatmen,” he said. Judith Heide Gilliland tells the true story of Blanche Leathers…