Inspirational | Pad Patter 3.8.2018

[bellbird]

Happy International Women's Day!
This is all they have talked about on the radio today and has got me thinking about women that I admire and think have had a positive impact on my world and the world my DD is growing up in.
Share some of the inspirational women in your life or part of the world and their stories with us (they can be well known or closer to home)

I'll be back in the (Aussie) morning with mine

 

[LeeAndra]

My sheroes include Glennon Doyle, Ali Edwards, Jen Hatmaker, & Brene Brown. They are my truthtellers.

 

[IntenseMagic]

Maya Angelou

If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.

If I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me?

If you’re always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.

Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take but by the moments that take your breath away.

 

[NancyP]

Maya Angelou

If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.

If I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me?

If you’re always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.

Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take but by the moments that take your breath away.

Ohhh I am so with you. Maya Angelou was the one I looked up to for years and years!! I cried when she passed away. My other heroine was Princess Diana. And, of course, we will never forget Mother Theresa.

Others I admire:
Angela Merkel; "Nobody in Europe will be abandoned. Nobody in Europe will be excluded. Europe only succeeds if we work together."
Margaret Thatcher: "If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing." (OHHH if I had only realized that as a young woman!!!!)
Rosa Parks: "I knew someone had to take the first step and I made up my mind not to move."

These were some of my favorite wonderful ladies in this article. Read about them and many more of our heroines!!!
http://www.emlii.com/9146884/31-Most-Inspiring-Women-Who-Changed-The-World

 

[londoncuppa]

Margaret Thatcher: "If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing."

I love her too, Nancy. I would also have to say Mother Teresa of Calcutta. She gave her entire life to serving the poor and those people that society threw away. She saw the intrinsic value and dignity of everyone.

 

[bellbird]

I'm back with 1 of mine: when Julia Guillard became 1st (and only) female Prime Minister of our country that was a moment I remember because my daughter was little (like 5years old) and we were driving to swimming lessons when they were announcing it on the radio and she wanted to know why it was so special and important and it was one of those conversations that even though she was technically little held a lot of meaning and life lessons, and I like that even if she wasn't voted in, it meant a generation of girls here seeing a woman in a role that isn't just a heredity title or married into, like princess, and the 'you can be anything' message it sent.

 

[Cherylndesigns]

Maya Angelou

If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.

If I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me?

If you’re always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.

Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take but by the moments that take your breath away.

Love her, too!

 

[AnneofAlamo]

One of my favorite biographies to read are the wives of powerful men. I want to sit with Abigail Adams (our 2nd president's loving wife) and just talk and talk.
I also am a mad lover of Harriet Tubman (she ran the underground slave railroad), Harriet Beecher Stowe (author of Uncle Tom's Cabin) and Timothy's mom and grandmother in the bible. To raise their son with such compassion, oh dear me. Ann Sullivan and her pupil, Helen Keller are amazing inspirational women to me.
I cheer Nikki Haley, the US Ambassador to the UN. She to me is pure AWESOME!
I am not a fan of Hollywood women, as my husband says, they spend their whole lives acting/pretending to be someone else, why do I need their opinion?
I do admire my boss here, Laura. She too me is the essence of a business owner, wife, mother and friend.

 

[Justagirl]

I have to say one of my faves is Margaret Whitlam. She championed womens rights and social change along with her husband Gough Whitlam who was an Australian Prime Minister. His term in office actually introduced the Childcare Act so women with children could actually enter the workforce here in Australia. Infact my mum was a staffer when he was in office and I spent many meetings playing in the corner until childcare facilities were the norm

Margaret said this in 1975 and today it still resonates:

"We must write our history, reform our language,
keep our own names, live our own lives, redefine our god,
make our own laws, learn to defend ourselves,
demand control of our bodies, and affirm that
it is feminine to think.”

 

[cookingmylife]

I had a very difficult boss in US Senator Barbara Mikulski. She wasn't an easy woman to work for but she had a lot of bullet points that really resonated with me and are incorporated into my own core values. She fought hard for respect & equality for women even though she is shorter than the 4'10 she claims!

"The best social program is a job."

"Stick to the GoldenRule at work. When you control the gold, you make the rules."

"If you can balance the family checkbook (perhaps that is a bit dated) you can balance the (work related) budget." or in her case,the federal budget.

Another boss, a State Senator, was fed up with the mostly men smoking in the Committee room. So, she went in early for one session and hid all the ashtrays! That ended the smoking in Committee. Her father had died of lung cancer even though he never smoked so it was a case of 'think globally and act locally'.