Dorothy Rodham

Secretary of State Hilary Clinton's mother passed away this week at the age of 92. She, like any mother, played an influential role in her daughters life.

In her autobiography, “Living History” (2003), Mrs. Clinton recalled her mother’s hardships. “I thought often of my own mother’s neglect and mistreatment at the hands of her parents and grandparents, and how other caring adults filled the emotional void to help her,” she wrote.

Mrs. Rodham pushed her children to stand up for themselves, Mrs. Clinton said. Once, when she was 4, she went home in tears after a neighborhood girl had bullied her. “You have to face things and show them you’re not afraid,” her mother told her. If she was hit again, Mrs. Rodham advised, “hit her back.”
“She later told me she watched from behind the curtain as I squared my shoulders and marched across the street,” Mrs. Clinton wrote. “I returned a few minutes later, glowing with victory.”

A good mom influences and guides a daughter beginning at a very young age. The way Mrs. Clinton wrote about her mother, it is clear Dorothy did.

Necessary?

 

Nearly one out of every five women in the United States does not have a mentor.

LinkedIn released the findings of a study it conducted to learn more about women and their attitudes toward mentoring. The company surveyed 1,000 female professionals in the U.S. and found that 19 percent of respondents had never had a mentor. LinkedIn asked the women who hadn’t had a mentor why that was the case. Fifty-two percent of the women noted they hadn’t had a mentor because they had, “never encountered someone appropriate.”

Is it really necessary for us to have a mentor in our lives?

Career wise? definitely.  I have a couple of professors at work whose opinions I value, and once I enter the real world and establish my career, I hope to find someone I can turn to for professional guidance . 

 http://www.forbes.com/sites/work-in-progress/2011/10/25/linkedin-report-women-without-a-mentor/

Change

After a discussion with my professor, I've decided to take this blog in a slightly different direction. It didn't feel right to me (a little lame, if you want the truth) so here is hoping a can take it up a notch.