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““Women Sustaining the Women Sustaining the American Spirit”American Spirit”

A Leadership & Goal-setting SessionA Leadership & Goal-setting Session

Dr. Barbara LyonTarleton State University -- Central Texas


AgendaAgenda

Women and the “American Spirit” Women leaders in U.S. history Leadership and the importance of goals How goals help us to handle change and to

build positive futures necessary for sustaining the “American Spirit”

Principles of goal setting


Sustaining The American SpiritSustaining The American Spirit

Women have played a vital role in developing the “American Spirit.”

Today’s multi-tasked world has very little “black and white.”

Things get busy and it’s tough to remember how important both history and we are.


Women Leaders in U.S. HistoryWomen Leaders in U.S. History[On-line] historychannel.com[On-line] historychannel.com

1715 – Ann Mathews’ invention for cleaning and curing corn was patented (under her husband’s name).

1775 – Mary Goddard was appointed the first woman postmaster.

1776 – Betsy Ross made the first U.S. flag.

1777 - Abigail Smith Adams, wife of 2nd (and mother of 6th) U.S. president, began the women’s rights movement by stating that women “will not hold ourselves bound by any laws which we have no voice.”



1812 – Lucy Brewer became the first woman marine

1819 - Emma Hart Willard defined women’s education issues of the time in her “Plan for Improving Female Education.” 1826 - New York and Boston opened the first public high schools for girls.

1838 – Oberlin College in Ohio became the first co-educational college in the U.S.

1849 – Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman to receive a medical degree in the U.S.



1850 – Harriet Tubman was the first woman to run an underground railroad to help escaping slaves

1852 – Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Stanton formed the Women’s New York Temperance Society.

1866 – Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Stanton, Martha Wright and Ernestine Rose founded the American Equal Rights Association.

1869 – Arabella Mansfield was the first woman admitted to the bar.



1871 – Frances Elizabeth Willard became the first woman college president (Evanston College).

1872 – Victoria Chaflin Woodhull became the first female presidential candidate.

1877 – Helen Magill was the first woman to receive a Ph.D. degree (Boston University).

1879 – Belva Ann Lockwood was the first woman to practice law before the U.S. Supreme Court.

1881 – Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross.



1887 – Maud Booth co-founded the Salvation Amry (and Volunteers of America in 1896).

1887 – Suzanna Madora Salter became the first woman mayor (Argonia, Kansas).

1910 – Blanche Scott became the first woman to fly an airplane.

1916 – Jennette Rankin (Montana) was the first woman elected to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives.

1917 – Kate Gleason became the first woman president of a national bank.



1924 – Hallie Ferguson (Texas) was the first female governor of a U.S. state.

1931 – Jane Addams was the first woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.

1932 – Hattie Wyatt Caraway was the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate.

1932 – Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Oceam.

1934 – Florence Ellinwood Allen became the first women to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals.



1935 – Pearl S. Buck was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize for Literature.

1935 – Mary McLeod Bethune founded the National Council of Negro Women.

1941 – Linda Darnell was the first woman to sell securities on the New York Stock Exchange.

1949 – Georgia Nesse Clark was the first woman treasurer of the United States.

1953 – Oveta Culp Hobby became the first Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare.



1961 – Eleanor Roosevelt was appointed to chair the Commission on the Status of Women.

1966 – Betty Goldstein Friedan founded the National Organization for Women.

1967 – Muriel Siebert became the first woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange.

1968 – Janice Lee York Romary was the first woman to carry the U.S. flag at the Olympic Games.

1978 – Ella Grasso of Connecticut is the first woman governor to be re-elected.



1978 – Mary Clarke became the first woman to be named major general in the U.S. Army

1981 – Sandra Day O’Connor became the first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

1983 – Sally Ride became the first American woman to fly in space.

1985 – Penny Harrington (Portland, Oregon) became the first woman police chief of a major U.S. city.



1986 – Ann Bancroft was the first woman to walk top the North Pole.

1986 – Christa McAuliff became the fist woman citizen passenger of a space mission.

1989– Barbara Harris became the first woman to be ordained as an assistant bishop of the U.S. Episcopal Church and later became the first woman to be made a bishop by any of the three major branches of Christianity: Anglicanism, Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy.

1997 – Madeleine K. Albright became the first woman U.S. Secretary of State.


Leadership is ...Leadership is ...

“Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into

reality.”(Warren Bennis)


Leaders are Goal-settersLeaders are Goal-setters

Yale University study from 1953 to 1973, 3% who had set goals felt more fulfilled than 97% who did not have goals.

Few individuals ever define their goals.– 3% to 5% have goals at all;– Fewer than 1% have written goals.


Why Goals are AvoidedWhy Goals are Avoided

Don’t understand the importance

Don’t know how Fear of criticism from

others Fear of failure


Fear of FailureFear of Failure

Failure is an inexpendable prerequisite of success. – Thomas Edison’s story

17,000 experiments were made to create the plant from which natural latex was derived.

– Napoleon Hill “Encyclopedia of Success” Success...just one step beyond failure.

We must understand and embrace failure as a pre-cursor to success and learn from it!


Goals and ChangeGoals and Change

Goals help us to handle change– We cannot stay the same and grow!

We all have a natural tendency to stay in our “comfort zone”– Must step out into “risk zone”

Must be willing to sacrifice– Hunt, “Set goals, determine their price and then

pay for it!”


Destiny CharacteristicsDestiny Characteristics

Foundation based on family, friends, faith, freedom

Intensity of purpose Discipline;

determination Self confidence


An Important Thought ...An Important Thought ...

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters

compared to what lies within us.”

(Ralph Waldo Emerson)


Principles of Goal SettingPrinciples of Goal Setting

Goals must be congruent with personal values.

Goal must be in harmony with one another.– Family, business, self-development,

community support Goals must be balanced for a balanced life. Goals must be stated to be achieved.



Identify your area of excellence– We all have abilities

that float around average.

– Find your area of excellence and channel your energy toward it.



Recognize

Opportunities... A diamond begins as a

rough stone -- you must be able to identify it in its natural state before you can uncover the beauty of the gem stone!


Make Your Goals VisibleMake Your Goals Visible

In your car...

At work... In every room in your

home!


Questions to Ask YourselfQuestions to Ask Yourself

What are the five most important things of value in your life?

What are your three most important goals in your life right now?


More QuestionsMore Questions

What would you do if, tomorrow, you won a million dollars--or perhaps even the Texas Lottery?

(What would you become, have, do?)


Even More Questions ...Even More Questions ...

What have you always wanted to do, but held back from doing?– What held you back?

– Understand reality vs response.


Just a Few More...Just a Few More...

What type of activities give you the greatest feeling of importance?

What one great thing would you do if you were blessed with no fear of failing?


Success Lies WithinSuccess Lies Within

Develop a true passion for your goals. (Become what you think about.)

Believe in yourself. Dare to dream. Remember that we are never given a dream

without also being given the ability to achieve it.


Key Points to RememberKey Points to Remember

Women have been and will continue to be vital in sustaining the American Spirit.

Always keep your objectives in perspective.

To be all that you can be, you must believe in yourself and pursue your goals.


To a Successful Future...To a Successful Future...

Build your own success story.

Encourage children, peers and subordinates to set goals.

Learn from everything that you do.


Sustain the American Spirit!Sustain the American Spirit!

“Nothing in the would can take the place of

persistence.

Talent will not... Genius will not... Education will

not…

Persistence, determination and hard work make

the real difference.”

(President Calvin Coolidge)

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