Women's Leadership Lessons From Amy Klobuchar
The Senator Next Door
Amy Jean Klobuchar is the senior United States Senator from Minnesota. She is a member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, an affiliate of the Democratic Party. She is the first woman to be elected as a senator for Minnesota.
She previously served as the county attorney for Hennepin County, the most populous county in Minnesota. She was a legal adviser to former Vice President Walter Mondale. She has been named by The New York Times as one of the seventeen women most likely to become the first female President of the United States, and by MSNBC and The New Yorker as a possible nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court, The American Prospect named her a "woman to watch," and Working Mother Magazine named her as "Best in Congress" for her efforts on behalf of working families. She received an award from the Service Women's Action Network (SWAN) for her work to fight sexual assault in the military, and the Disabled American Veterans honored her work to improve the lives of America’s veterans.
Born in Plymouth, Minnesota, Klobuchar is the daughter of Rose Katherine (née Heuberger), who retired at age 70 from teaching second grade, and James John "Jim" Klobuchar, an author and a retired sportswriter and columnist for the Star Tribune. Jim Klobuchar's grandparents were Slovene immigrants and his father whose first job, at 15, was a teamster delivery driver and later a miner on the Iron Range; Amy's maternal grandparents were from Switzerland.
Klobuchar attended public schools in Plymouth and was valedictorian at Wayzata High School. She received her bachelor's degree magna cum laude in political science from Yale University in 1982, where she was a member of the Yale College Democrats and the Feminist Caucus.
She's recently written a book, "The Senator Next Door: A Memoir from the Heartland," in which she shares her life and leadership lessons learned with all of us.
Listen in as she shares with us about the day, while in the fourth grade, when she chose to be the first girl to wear pants ( "my mod, multicolored flowered pants") to school. Yes, you read that right!
Do you remember your first Mrs. Quady? How about the first time you chose to take a stand on an issue? Did it make a difference? Who were your mentors? What lessons did they teach you? How are you passing them on?
"The Senator Next Door: A Memoir from the Heartland" is a fascinating read and a real page turner in and of itself but in it Amy shares some great leadership lessons for Teamster women! Enjoy!
Mentoring makes a difference!
I think you'll also enjoy this "Off the Sidelines" discussion!
Off the Sidelines discussion with Amy Klobuchar!
RESOURCES:
http://www.klobuchar.senate.gov/
http://offthesidelines.org/about/
