Go Lead Idaho is proud to be a community sponsor of the Andrus Center’s Transforming America: Women and Leadership in the 21st Century event.
The conference is focused on the accomplishments of women leaders from business, government, science, the media and other fields and seeks to showcase their unique perspectives on women in leadership positions.
The conference will investigate the work that remains to create what Justice Sandra Day O’Connor has called the opportunity for all women “to earn respect, responsibility, advancement and remuneration based on ability.”
Justice O’Connor spoke at a kickoff reception on Wednesday night, and we couldn’t help but think back on several of her amazing words of wisdom during her time on the bench…
We don’t accomplish anything in this world alone… and whatever happens is the result of the whole tapestry of one’s life and all the weavings of individual threads form one to another that creates something.
I think the important thing about my appointment is not that I will decide cases as a woman, but that I am a woman who will get to decide cases.
Do the best you can in every task, no matter how unimportant it may seem at the time. No one learns more about a problem than the person at the bottom
And if you need to get chills to kickoff your conference experience, take a moment to listen to President Reagan making history by the appointment of Justice O’Connor