The World 's Most Influential Women Leaders

This semester, we learned specific ways to build our leadership capabilities by reading “How Remarkable Women Lead” by Joanna Barsh and Susie Cranston, researching Boston women leaders, interviewing a present day woman leader, and reading a group book. Throughout all of these resources and research, common themes of how to be a successful leader emerged. Not only did I learn more about leadership in general, but I also found ways to improve my own leadership without going too much out of my comfort zone. The important lessons of leading with perseverance, framing, and an activist's mindset thoroughly influenced my identity as a leader and gave me new tactics to grow as a person.

The part of the Revolution with which everyone is familiar was the struggle for independence. Less familiar was the struggle within America to redefine social roles and the nature and structure of society. The ethnically diverse, heterogeneous, patriotic population of the Revolutionary period was unified only in its determination to beat the British Wealthier, better established Americans often fought for conservative reasons. They wanted to preserve their traditional rights as Englishman, which they believed were being subverted by a corrupt British empire The poorer folk joined the Revolution in the hope of improving their station. Many of the regulars in Washington’s army had joined for cash bounties and the promise of land. Other poor people saw the war as an opportunity to realign social arrangements, forever casting off habits of deference, which had been conspicuous aspects of hierarchical pre-Revolutionary America. Women joined the struggle for similarly diverse reasons. As traditional helpmates to their well-heeled husbands, some wanted to provide support and preserve the status quo being threatened by imperial England. Others sought to make their society freer, more open and fluid, thereby improving the diversity of options available to women. Still others may simply have seized the opportunity to take more public, active and

Susan B. Anthony lived in a time, 1820-1906, that lacked equality. Thus, She dedicated most of her life’s time to social issues ("Susan B. Anthony”). Anthony was known in history as a suffragist and Women’s Rights activist and is recognized for her demonstration of nonviolent resistance also known as civil disobedience. Civil Disobedience is the refusal to obey governmental demands or commands especially as a nonviolent and usually collective means of forcing concessions from the government (“Civil Disobedience”). Anthony strived to achieve her goals through practical means, such as Antigone, the leading female character in Sophocles’ fictional play Antigone.

Strong, influential women like Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony—women who changed the face of American politics for women—are the embodiment of feminism at its finest. They, along with many other men and women, fought for equality between men and women. However, to many people feminism is representative of man-hating, excuse-making, manly women who play the victim to gain advantage over men. This negative image of feminism prevents both men and women from fulfilling their potential, but if people removed that barrier and accomplished feminism’s objective then men and women would be empowered to rise above gender stereotypes and accomplish more good in the world.

With four Latin American Countries having female leaders, the myth that they are behind the U.S. is false. (Weiss, L., 2014). Another stereotype is that immigrants are taking money away from the United States. Despite the speculation about the financial cost of immigrants, Norris-Tirrell (2002) reported that immigrants cost Florida a mere $25 a year more than the average resident and that undocumented residents brought in more than $200 a year per person to Texas.

Sports celebrities are prevailing on Time Magazine’s list of “Most Influential People in the World."

I would like to congratulate you on recently being named one of the top 100 most influential woman working in the wind industry. There is no doubt that such recognition is the product of years of hard work and perseverance, along with a passion for the industry. It is definitely an honor to be considered for a position by one of the most influential women in the wind industry. This achievement is a great milestone but I am sure more success is yet to come. Congratulations on your fantastic achievement!

The Famous Five did not give up, they continued to fight for equality because these five women wanted to change women’s role in canadian history. They brought the case to the Privy Council in Britain who overruled the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision. At that time, In Judicial Committee of the Privy Council had five judges sitting which includes Lord Sankey L.C, Lord Darling, Lord Merrivale, Lord Tomlin, and Sir Lancelot Sanderson. The Lord Chancellor plays three significant and different roles: judicial, legislative, and executive. At that moment the Persons Case was depend on Lord Chancellor’s active involvement. Since their names listed on the appeal paper, first appellent listed by Henrietta Muir Edwards. Likewise Persons case also

The twentieth century witnessed many changes in the daily lives of women, from the domestic roles to the public. The new women's movement advocated for equal rights, while newly formed women's organizations were on the rise of a new generation. The male-controlled social structures were slowly being transformed throughout the world. Followed closely by World War I, these social changes, which had been made at the beginning of the century, developed further as women were propelled into the workforce, after many of their husbands and fathers were called into war, exposed them to the previously male-dominated profession and into political situations. By the middle of the twentieth century, women's activities and concerns were being recognized

During my senior year of High School I was apart of a program about Women's Leadership called Sadie Nash where I learned all about women's empowerment and leadership. I still visit them to this day because they taught me so much and I consider them my family and I want other young women that are interested in social justice and leadership to experience such a great thing like sisterhood and there is no better way than to have a Women's Empowerment tour.

The feminism leadership theory provides some insights on the challenges I face as a woman leader in wanting to be transformational. Women have been and still are expected to manifest certain qualities in their thinking and action. These are culturally engraved qualities, assumed to be the identifying traits of femininity, and include friendliness, kindness, and unselfishness. These expectations are sharply different from the agentic qualities expected of “masculinity” and men, such as assertiveness and instrumental competence (Eagly et al., 2003). Stereotypical beliefs remain strong so that, when working as leaders or managers, women (and men) are expected to behave as culture defines them on the basis of their gender alone. Thus it is anticipated

“Don’t just stand for the success of other women – insist on it.” (Gail Blanke, 1999, p.138)

Growing up in a conservative religious home, it was joked that a woman should be seen and not heard. This happened more often when I acted out and voiced my opinion as to why I should have a cell phone while attending high school. But as I looked around and became more involved in school and community, it wasn’t a joke anymore. Women in the United States are not involved enough in politics and government.

In the novel This Earth Of Mankind by Pramoedya Ananta Toer, discrimination against social structure, race, and gender is apparent. The setting is in the Indies, or now called Indonesia. At that time, there are terms for different races in the book, which are “Native” indicating someone who is pure Indonesian, “Indo” a half European and half Indonesian, and “Pure Blood” or “European” when someone is pure European. An Indo and a Pure Blood receives more respect in society than a Native. Furthermore, European or Pure Blood is at the top of this social hierarchy, people who are European or Pure Blood receives the utmost respect in society. Differences in gender is prevalent in this novel, where most women in this book have power in their own

Throughout history, women have been seen in many different lights. From a woman’s perspective she is strong, smart, helpful and equal to men. In the eyes of men, she is seen as the weaker being, the housewife, and the caretaker. By looking at the following pieces of writing, one can see that through the centuries, women have struggled to break out of the mold that man had put her in and make themselves known in society as important.