Thoughts on Being a Woman in Community-Based Leadership
by Lydia Yount When I was in elementary school, I loved to read biographies, especially if it was about a woman. I would read any book with a strong female character that I could get my hands on, and I remember being fascinated by the lives of history-changing women like Clara Barton, Susan B. Anthony, Amelia Earhart, and Eleanor Roosevelt. Beyond the books, I had other strong female roles to…