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Shirley Hufstedler: The role of...

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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.

Source: In The Last Word - A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, 1992.
-- Shirley Hufstedler, (Aug 24 1925-2016), US government official; She was first secretary of Education during the Carter administration, 1979-1981.


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