A woman who needs little introduction:
Condoleezza Rice
Watch our Truth in Two to find out more about this great woman (full text below).
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FULL TEXT
At the start of Women’s History month, I want to focus attention on a woman of multiple life roles and many talents: Condoleezza Rice. Dr. Rice is a brilliant scholar, diplomat, political scientist, and is currently the director of the Hoover Institute at Stanford University. She helped to guide the United States through its response to terrorism immediately following September 11th. Dr. Rice served as the National Security Advisor – the first woman to do so – during President George W. Bush’s first term. She then served as the U.S. Secretary of State, during Bush’s second term, the first female African American to do so. Beyond her service to America, Rice served as Provost at Stanford University, again, as the first African American woman.
Rice was told during her teenage years that she was not college material. Condoleezza went on to earn her PhD and became one of the most prominent women of her generation. Rice is also an avid football fan, part of the Denver Broncos ownership group, and is considered to be a concert pianist.
Reading Condoleezza’s book Extraordinary, Ordinary People, I was struck by the acclaim she gave to her parents. Condoleezza’s dad and mom raised her in the Christian faith. She gives them gratitude for all her opportunities and beyond that, their positive spirit. The attitude, the spirit, of Rice’s life is nowhere better explained than when she wrote about racism in her book.
The fact is, race is a constant factor in American life. Yet reacting to every incident, real or imagined, is crippling, tiring, and ultimately counterproductive. I’d grown up in a family that believed you might not control your circumstances, but you could control your reaction to them.
I can think of no better way to begin Women’s History Month than to honor Dr. Condoleezza Rice. For Truth in Two, this is Dr. Mark Eckel, president of the Comenius Institute, personally seeking truth wherever it’s found.