Shirley Hufstedler — American Public Servant born on August 24, 1925,

Shirley Ann Mount Hufstedler is an American lawyer and judge who served as the first United States Secretary of Education, under President Jimmy Carter... (wikipedia)

Security is not the meaning of my life. Great opportunities are worth the risk.
The role of the teacher remains the highest calling of a free people. To the teacher, America entrusts her most precious resource, her children; and asks that they be prepared... to face the rigors of individual participation in a democratic society.
If you play it safe in life you've decided that you don't want to grow any more.