What Do You Think: Do Ordinary People Make Good Role Models?|Women's Stories
In 2004, Donna McAleer, a West Point graduate and former Army Officer, became the coach of the Park City (Utah) High School sophomore girls’ volleyball team. At the team’s first practice, many players showed up wearing spaghetti-strap midriff tank tops, jewelry and skate-inspired tennis shoes. McAleer immediately instituted a strict dress code – no butts, [...]
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What Do You Think: Do Ordinary People Make Good Role Models?|Women’s Stories
In 2004, Donna McAleer, a West Point graduate and former Army Officer, became the coach of the Park City (Utah) High School sophomore girls’ volleyball team. At the team’s first practice, many players showed up wearing spaghetti-strap midriff tank tops, jewelry and skate-inspired tennis shoes. McAleer immediately instituted a strict dress code – no butts, [...]
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Are The Increasing Number of Children’s Beauty Pageants A Sign of Progress?
April Brilliant, a former Mrs. Maryland and the director of Maryland-based Mystic Pageants, says pageants give little girls a chance to play Cinderella. “It’s more like playing dress-up,” says Brilliant, who has coordinated the Little Miss and Mister American Pageant in Summerville, S.C. “Like if you were home doing your hair, doing makeup, dressing up [...]
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Are The Increasing Number of Children's Beauty Pageants A Sign of Progress?
April Brilliant, a former Mrs. Maryland and the director of Maryland-based Mystic Pageants, says pageants give little girls a chance to play Cinderella. “It’s more like playing dress-up,” says Brilliant, who has coordinated the Little Miss and Mister American Pageant in Summerville, S.C. “Like if you were home doing your hair, doing makeup, dressing up [...]
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Do You Remember Your Second Grade Teacher?|Women’s Stories
At 82 years old Nancy is still sharp, engaging and funny. Her dyed strawberry blonde hair folds into a page-boy fluff just above the tip of her ears; her one inch bangs barely touch her forehead. When I met her she was quick to share her claim to fame: she was the second grade teacher [...]
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Do You Remember Your Second Grade Teacher?|Women's Stories
At 82 years old Nancy is still sharp, engaging and funny. Her dyed strawberry blonde hair folds into a page-boy fluff just above the tip of her ears; her one inch bangs barely touch her forehead. When I met her she was quick to share her claim to fame: she was the second grade teacher [...]
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Take A Deep Breath And Find Your Voice
“You’re saying I’m a liar?” I was taken aback by the facilitator’s question and sputtered as I thought about my response. I was a participant in a workshop, Thresholds of Collective Wisdom. We had completed an activity and everyone was sitting in a circle talking about Lessons Learned. I had just spoken, can’t remember what [...]
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