Recently I clicked on a Twitter link to a blog post, by I don’t remember who, titled: 13 People We Want on Twitter Right Away. I can’t recall who the 13 were although I do know that Tiger Woods was on there along with some other sports guys. I don’t recall a single woman being on the list, which is fine, BUT… it did prompt me to think also about who I really want on Twitter, and they happen to all be women (might be a little bit of a bias I know). I hope you’ll find though that I’ve identified seven super interesting, diverse, successful women with unique and valuable perspectives.
1. Linda Hirshman is a retired distinguished professor of Philosophy and Women's Studies at Brandeis University. She holds a law degree from the University of Chicago and a Ph.D. in philosophy. In 2006, Hirshman released Get to Work: A Manifesto for Women of the World. In Get to Work, Hirshman lays responsibility on the women of the world to work, to contribute to the public world, to be a force in the economy and to preserve the right for future generations of women to participate in society. She is controversial, smart and fascinating.
2. Camille Paglia is widely known as a challenging feminist, but Paglia has been a Professor at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania since 1984 and is a highly regarded philosophical art authority. She is vocal in her preference for “a curriculum grounded in comparative religion, art history and the literary canon, with a greater emphasis on facts in the teaching of history”. She has expressed concern for the impact of technology and new media on art education. She is a challenging intellect whose passionate commitment to art is unwavering.
3. Laurene Powell is a name that may be unfamiliar, but will instead bring recognition as Mrs. Steve Jobs. She’s on my list because I want to hear from one of those “great women behind every great man”. Powell-Jobs holds a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, a B.S. in economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Stanford. Powell-Jobs worked for Merrill Lynch Asset Management and spent three years at Goldman Sachs as a fixed-income-trading strategist. Currently, her board affiliations include: Board of Directors: Teach for America; Global Fund for Women; KQED (PBS); EdVoice; New America Foundation; Stanford Schools Corporation; New Schools Venture Fund; and Advisory Board, Stanford Graduate School of Business.
4. Pema Chödrön is a fully ordained Buddhist nun and resident teacher of Gampo Abbey, a monastery in rural Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. Committed to bringing Buddhist teachings to everyday lives since 1974, Chödrön is the author of many best-selling books including: Uncomfortable with Uncertainty, Start Where You Are, and The Places that Scare You. Her philosophy is enlightening, liberating, strengthening and for many simply life-saving.
5. Meryl Streep. Has there ever been as important a time as now to hear from Meryl? In her prime at the age of 61, she is a model to women the world over, actor or not. She’s earned 16 Academy Award Nominations, 25 Globe Globe Award Nominations, plus Emmy Awards, SAG Awards and even Grammy Awards. She holds a B.A. from Vassar, a Masters of Fine Arts from Yale and an Honourary Doctorate of Fine Arts from Princeton. Practically widowed at 29 years old (she lost her fiancé to cancer), Streep went on to marry sculptor Don Gummer and have four children; they have been married now for 32 years.
6. Anna Wintour. It’s timely with the recent personality-revealing release of the documentary, The September Issue, and the hyping profile of fashion in general that we should hear more from the Queen of American Vogue. Having dropped out of school at 16, but with the helping hands that come with a privileged upbringing, Wintour rose through the ranks of fashion journalism and has been editor-in-chief of American Vogue since 1988. While an unquestionably powerful woman, she is widely regarded as terse, unrelenting and emotionally distant.
7. Cynthia Carroll is a relatively unknown name that shouldn’t be. Carroll served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Primary Metal Group at Alcan, out of Montreal, Canada, and is currently the chief executive officer of Anglo American PLC, a London, UK mining company, which, among other things, is the world's largest platinum producer. She is one of only three female Chief Executives of FTSE 100 companies. In 2008, she was ranked by Forbes magazine as the fifth most powerful woman in the world. Talk about operating successfully in a ‘man’s world’; this is a mind I’d love a window into.
Source: wikipedia.org
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