JFF? Couragous Female Role Model for Young Girls

I'm weird. I like Dolly Parton. Sure, she's had a ton of plastic surgery, but she grew up on dirt floors in Tennessee with 11 brothers and sisters, became a savvy businesswoman and gives back. Every child born in her county in TN gets books for the first five years - starting with The Little Engine That Could. Dollywood was created in part to give jobs to the community. When her old pal was down on his luck, she bought his music, and then later gave it back to him. She's been described as being down to earth and appreciative of her life. She's been married to he same guy for 40 some years. My DD could do worse than to aspire to be Dolly.

There are a ton of good role models, though. Mother Theresa, Eleanor Roosevelt, Helen Keller (or her teacher Ann Sullivan), Marie Curie, Amelia Erhart...

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Couragous female...meaning having courage. My vote would have to go for Rosa Parks...can you imagine the courage she would have had to have what she did on that bus that day. You go, Rosa.

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Well, the first person who came to mind is Bethany Hamilton, the girl whose arm was bitten off by a shark while surfing.
There is a movie about her called, "Soul Surfer".
This girl has the most amazing attitude.
Having something so horrible happen to her as a teenager could have really caused her to feel sorry for herself or focus on being disfigured. She's done the exact opposite.
I think she's incredible.

I'm looking forward to seeing who the other moms think of.

Best wishes.

UPDATE: I just had to add this. Please watch this. I am amazed by people who are so inspiring no matter what they go through.

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=7lfaSmDxVZQ

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Abigail Adams
Florence Nightingale
Marie Curie
Christa McAuliffe
Eleanor Roosevelt
Mother Theresa
Rosa Parks
J.K. Rowling
Marian Anderson

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Amelia Earhart
Eleanor Roosevelt
Harriet Tubman
Pochahontas
Joan of Arc
Hillary Clinton

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Sally Ride

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Ride

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Katie Couric
Martina McBride
Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords from Arizona
Any female military officer, police officer for firewoman (?)
Meg Whitman CEO of Ebay for many years
The SAHM down the street
The working mom on the other side of the street
The woman who takes in foster kids who goes to your church

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Celine Dion, she was one of 14 kids growing up in a poor family and made something of herself. Also I think she is a classy lady with zero scandals for a singer.
Also Shania Twain she also grew up poor and made a career of her talents and she also doesnt seem to appear in any scandals, as far as I know.

Btw... I am not Canadian, lol.

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Bethany Hamilton
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Amelia Earhart
Loretta Lynn
Dolly Parton
Rosa Parks
Harriet Tubman
Condolezza Rice
Jeanette Walls
http://thenakedhero.com/courageous-women-or-just-insane

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Harriet Tubman
Joan of Arc
Rosa Parks
Anne Frank
Amelia Earhart
Mother Theresa
Bronte, Dickenson, Austen

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Harriet Tubman
Wangari Maathi
Rosa Parks
Hillary Clinton
Diane Fossey

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Oprah
Hillary Clinton
Gabby Giffords
Ellen DeGeneres
Rosa Parks
Michelle Obama
Lady Gaga (not for her clothes or music, but for her standing up for what she believes in, namely defense of the LGBT community)
Mother Teresa
Angelina Jolie
Joan of Arc
Harriett Tubman
Eva Peron
Madonna
Susan B. Anthony
Ruth Ginsburg
Gloria Steinem
Dian Fossey

I'm sure there are more, LOL

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Joan of Arc
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_of_arc

captions to the photos add to the article

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I'm with AV, I like Dolly.
Also Bethany Hamilton, thank you Shane I had forgotten her name; what an inspiring young lady. We had our Girl Scouts watch Soul Surfer.
Condoleeza Rice
Ruth and Naomi
Annie Sullivan and Helen Keller

There are so many.

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my mom followed closely by my grandma :)

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Good suggestions. But do not forget about Aung San Suu Kyi !!! (As a young adult, seeing "Beyond Rangoon" helped me get a little perspective of what was going on since the news media was kept out during the time, this movie helped me imagine the courage it took to stand up against tyranny, and on Feb 13 they will release a movie called "The Lady" about her, but you can find info about her pretty much anywhere).
Also, Corrie ten Boom and her sister Betsy (I think her story, "The Hiding Place", should be required reading for everyone).
Years ago we did a study on Esther in the Bible, which I thought was interesting.

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Wilma Roudolf (could be misspelled) she overcame polio and poverty to win Olympic gold in the 1930's.

Billy Jean King

Susan B. Anthony

I have to second surfer Bethany Hamilton and I would also nominate Hillary Clinton. As for fictional, I enjoyed all of the Nancy Drew books as a kid. Read every one of them.