VIRAGO

Several months ago, my Google home page had the word VIRAGO in the Dictionary.com Word of the Day section. Merriam-Webster’s definition is a woman of great stature, strength, and courage – I really like that. And so, I realized that I, a virago myself, have also been inspired by many viragos, and I wanted to give homage to them here.

Saturday, October 21, 2006

Yesterday or today?

It's a Saturday morning. And it looks like it's going to be a beautiful, sunny day.

I have been trying to decide whether to focus on currently important and inspirational woman or on the ones who came before and set the stage for us to now follow.

So, how about Sally Ride? In 1983, Dr. Sally Ride became the first American woman in space on the shuttle Challenger (STS-7). Today she's a Physics prof at UCSD, here in San Diego and among other things started a very cool kid's club - Sally Ride Science Club.

Dr. Ride should inspire us to really REACH FOR THE STARS. After all, being part of the shuttle crew is huge! A real pioneer in space exploration.

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