Female role models: Communicators’ top 10 inspiring figures
To mark Women’s History Month, MyRaganites reveal who inspired their careers—and how.
March is Women’s History Month.
Because women predominate the PR, communications and journalism industries, it seemed an ideal time to ask: Who inspired you most in your profession?
MyRaganites and communicators weighed in—and it turns out respect and inspiration can come from a first boss, a TV news anchor or daughters.
Feel free to use the Comments section to tell us who ignited the career spark within you.
Find a pair of killer shoes—and yourself
Susan C. Solomon, vice president of marketing at St. Joseph Health System in California, says that Rhoda Weiss, a Ph.D. and the former chairwoman of PRSA, taught her that strategic marketing and public relations can be powerful and game-altering for organizations and causes. “But she also taught me to be brave and to treat yourself every now and then to a killer pair of shoes,” Solomon says.
Admiring a woman with a varied career
MyRaganite Katrina Olson, marketing communications, says Karen Hughes’s lengthy resume inspires her.
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