A woman had just returned from a meeting of the National Organization for Women (NOW) when her five-year-old daughter greeted her with the news that she wanted to be a nurse when she grew up. “A nurse!” her mother exclaimed. “Listen, Lisa, just because you’re female doesn’t mean you have to settle for being a nurse. You can be a surgeon, a lawyer, a banker, President of the United States. You can be anything!”

The daughter looked a little dubious as she asked, “Anything? Anything at all?” As she thought about it, her face was filled with ambition and enthusiasm. “All right,” she said. “I’ll be a horse.”