“Getting through high school and college was one of my greatest achievements.”

“Getting through high school and college was one of my greatest achievements.”

“Getting through high school and college was one of my greatest achievements.”

“The best way to get most husbands to do something is to suggest that perhaps they're too old to do it.”

“I do not think about being beautiful. What I devote most of my time to is being healthy.”

“I get stubborn and dig in when people tell me I can't do something and I think I can. It goes back to my childhood when I had problems in school because I have a learning disability.”

“I wanted to be a teacher, but I was a lousy student, one of the slowest readers. It was a tremendous struggle. But I'm lucky I had some teachers who saw something in me.”

“I'm lucky I had some teachers who saw something in me.”

“A life lesson for me is, how do you muster the courage to take on a new risk? Whether it's starting up a business or taking on a new project or expedition. I think the risks that we take are all relative to the risk-taker.”

“It's really important that as women we tell our stories. That is what helps seed our imaginations.”