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Women in Leadership
Pages 55-58

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... She has received many honors and awards, most recently the Albert B Sabin Heroes of Science Award from the Americans for Medical Progress Education Foundation.
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... These women are Hannah Gray, Jill Conway, Nan Keohane, Donna Shalala, Jonetta Cole, Ruth Simmons, Judy Rodin, Shirley Jackson, Mary Sue Coleman, Nancy Cantor, and Shirley Tilghman herself. All have a network and all have had, in one way or another, a hand in mentoring others.
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... We need to keep people in mind for these kinds of major positions. We also need to do something about the major problem, as you've heard all through this workshop, of what we are going to do about child care in the United States.
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