💬 Opinion 6d ago · Heather Hansman

Groundbreakers and trailblazers don’t have to be perfect. Tearing down the ‘superwoman myth.’ (Opinion)

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Groundbreakers and trailblazers don’t have to be perfect. Tearing down the ‘superwoman myth.’ (Opinion)
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When I was 18 and first worked as a river guide, I assumed I had to be as tough — or even tougher — than the guys I worked with.
It was the early 2000s, when few women were guiding. Though I loved being on the river, I often felt isolated, thinking I had to work harder than anyone else to be taken seriously. I believed that in part because I didn’t know the stories of women who had come before me.
Little by little, I began to hear about Georgie White, the first female guide on the Colorado

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