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KATHY NELLIS, CNN Correspondent: As we celebrate women’s history, what role models come to mind? Maybe you think about the late Diana, Princess of Wales who supported many charitable causes including AIDS research and a ban on land mine. Or what about Sally Ride, the U.S. astronaut who become the first American woman to travel in space?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I guess some female role models that I have, for America, I would have to go with Wonder Woman, who was made in 1941 to be a role model for females. And she kicks major butt. And Amelia Earhart is another good female role model, Janis Joplin, Elizabeth Dole, Hillary Clinton.
And international female role models: I am a big admirer of Mother Teresa.

NELLIS: Mother Teresa is a saint of the Roman Catholic Church, who won a Nobel Peace Prize for her work with the poor in India. And you probably know Elizabeth Dole for her long career in public service in the United States, as well as her stint as the president of the American Red Cross and her brief run for the United States presidency.
While she stands as a role model, she encourages women to go out and make their own mark.
Some women have achieved such status that they are recognized merely by their first names: Cher, of course, Pocahontas, and Oprah. Television personalities are on the top of some role model lists.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: My two favorite would have to be, like, Oprah and Martha Stewart. I love both of them. Oprah just seems like she has overcome a lot of obstacles in her life, I mean, starting as a young child. And I just ? I really admire her for how much she has today that she has done by herself, on her own. I think it shows she is very independent.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: For me, I would say the biggest female role model would be Madonna. She just went to New York with like 30-something dollars and just made it all on her own. And she attacks a lot of issues that most women wouldn’t want to talk about, like sexuality, and racism, and stuff like that.

NELLIS: Madonna pushes others to succeed and take their place in the spotlight with this lyrical challenge: “Everybody is a star. You know who you are. This is your chance to shine. It’s got to come from the heart. Do it right from the start and step into the light.” Each woman has that light and is a link in the history of women, say instructors at the University of Georgia.
TAMMY CORLEY, Women’s Studies Program, Univ.
of Georgia: The women that I celebrate are women, of course, like my mother. But the truly strong women, the truly phenomenal women are the everyday women ? the strength of a single mother, for example, who raises her children by herself ? truly phenomenal women.

NELLIS: In the words of French feminist Simone de Beauvoir: “One is not born a woman; one becomes one” ? something to celebrate this month and every month. Kathy Nellis, CNN, Athens, Georgia.

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