NORTH CAROLINA, USA — November is National Inspirational Role Models Month. When we think of role models, we tend to think of celebrities, athletes, and public figures. But, role models can be an ...

Expertise and opinions of authors published by ForbesBooks. Imprint operated under license. Tennis player Coco Gauff, winner of this year’s U.S. Open, knows something about the importance of role ...

“Being a role model is the most important kind of educating.” —John Wooden In June 2025, shortly after the NBA Finals, journalists interviewed Vaughn Alexander, the father of Oklahoma City Thunder ...

Have you ever had a role model? Someone in your unit, platoon or squadron? Someone in your family or friend circle? Maybe you admired someone on television or in the news and wanted to be like them?

You remember "role models," don't you? You know, those people we looked up to when we were younger, whom we aspired to be like, and possibly now, whom we want our children to emulate? Some might think ...

In the book and television series Lessons in Chemistry, when asked to name a female scientist, one of the characters can only think of Marie Curie. Perhaps this isn’t surprising, as the story is set ...