We Could All Use a Dose of Eleanor Roosevelt’s Genius

Over the weekend, Disruptive Women in Health Care posted this on Facebook:  “To celebrate National Women’s History Month and the 2016 theme Honoring Women in Public Service and Government today we honor Eleanor Roosevelt as a woman we love.”
She is a perfect choice for this year’s theme.
The post continues,“…she was a leader in her own right…an early champion of civil rights, an advocate for women, American workers, the poor and young people. Roosevelt encouraged her husband to appoint more women to federal positions and held hundreds of press conferences for female reporters when women were typically banned from White House press conferences. Additionally, she began to transform the role of first lady from social hostess to that of a visible, active participant in the administration.”
There are, no doubt, many lessons that could be learned from her life. I want to suggest one that is relevant to children today, based on based on a dissertation by a friend, John Radar.
John selected six people known for the important contributions they made to the world and gathered their elementary school records. Some were historical figures and no actual records were available, so he created them using biographies and other available accounts of their lives. He included information about their physical health, intellectual ability, family relationships, genetics, social skills, emotional maturity and goals in life. He labeled each record with a fictitious name.
Then, he as...

Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - March 7, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Advocacy Source Type: blogs