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Dorothy W. Cantor

  • Not all risktakers are leaders. Not everybody wants to be a leader. However, all leaders are risktakers because they create new ideas and visions and have to convince others to follow them.

    • Dorothy W. Cantor,
    • in Dorothy W. Cantor and Toni Bernay With Jean Stoess, Women in Power ()
  • Men have long had male role models after whom to pattern their lives. From time immemorial, scholars have been able to analyze the seeds of male leadership by studying the lives of presidents and generals. It's not uncommon for little boys to grow up saying they want to be firemen or policemen or even president of the United States. But until now, little girls didn't have political role models to dream about or learn from.

    • Dorothy W. Cantor,
    • in Dorothy W. Cantor and Toni Bernay With Jean Stoess, Women in Power ()

Dorothy W. Cantor, U.S. psychologist, writer