She went with Plan B…

[whopis01]

50. Do you not find inspiration in anything other than the first

to achieve something? Do you feel that the second person to do something hasn't really made any achievement?

If so, then I understand your point.

It's simply a story about a young girl who was told what she could not do because of her gender who went on to do amazing things.

Yes, you can look at this and say "oh she didn't follow her goal of becoming an astronaut. This is a story of failing to achieve one's goals". Or you could say "oh she wasn't the first to that. This is a story of someone who just follows the path others lay down".

Or you could look at it and say "Here was a young girl who was told there were things she couldn't do because of her gender. And now, she has become the third woman to hold the position of Secretary of State. And thanks to the lifetimes of work by women like her we now have had not our first, not even our second, but our third female Secretary of State. What a change they have made in our society that such an event has become practically commonplace".

I suppose that like beauty, inspiration is in the eye of the beholder.