27 - South Dakota, Amanda Clement
Falling on December 3, 2019 we have South Dakota that ratified on December 4, 1919. This is a celebration of the 100 years. Celebrating another woman that jumped up for getting something done and being a leader of her times.
South Dakota ratified the 19th Amendment on December 4, 1919.
Ms. Clement’s love and aptitude for sports was carried through her career, becoming the first woman to be paid to umpire a baseball game. Born in South Dakota, she followed her brother and family around to their sporting. In 1904, her knowledge of the game paid off when she was brought in to cover for a missing umpire, being hired ongoing because her talent was so well regarded. For six years, she traveled the Mid-West states, known for her fair calling and serious style. The crowds grew for games that she was known to be officiating.
Her salary of $15-25 per game funded her college education at Yankton College and then University of Nebraska. Her own sporting strengths included being the captain of the basketball team, track, gymnastics, and even noted as the state’s best tennis player. Some records indicate she has world records for shot put, sprinting, and hurdling.
Following her six year career, she continued as a substitute for the industry, but focused on teaching physical education and managed several YWCAs. She constantly organized, participated in, and served on sports events alongside a wealth of other career jobs, ending back in South Dakota as a social worker before retiring in 1966.
Why this woman?
This research is picking up many women all over our country, taking on jobs and opportunities, usually without fanfare, to fill a void or deliver on a passion they have in any way they can. I find more and more of these leaders are not identified to the one thing they accomplish. They continue to push and take things on because they want to see it all happen and they know they can.
Amanda filled her life with activities that created sports opportunities for her, but evident in what she lived her later life on was passionate about helping people. In social work. In teaching.
She didn’t look for the spotlight. She turned on the light. Usually for the betterment of someone else.
I find myself driven by a lot as well. I have skills of design and craft-ship. I see opportunities that I think are fun or going to engage me with interesting people around me. People say I take on too much, but I don’t see it that way at all. I want to participate to see that something around me has changed. That people that can’t fight for themselves have a clearer path. And I hope that my involvement is going to make it less stressful and ideally more fun for all involved.
I also see women every day taking on the tasks and opportunities because it has to get done, without jumping at looking for the end result of glory at the end. It is about keeping things progressing and knowing most people can’t do it all. Definitely not alone. Amanda is another example of a get’er done and have fun as you do it kind of person.
South Dakota ratified the 19th Amendment on December 4, 1919.
Ms. Clement’s love and aptitude for sports was carried through her career, becoming the first woman to be paid to umpire a baseball game. Born in South Dakota, she followed her brother and family around to their sporting. In 1904, her knowledge of the game paid off when she was brought in to cover for a missing umpire, being hired ongoing because her talent was so well regarded. For six years, she traveled the Mid-West states, known for her fair calling and serious style. The crowds grew for games that she was known to be officiating.
Her salary of $15-25 per game funded her college education at Yankton College and then University of Nebraska. Her own sporting strengths included being the captain of the basketball team, track, gymnastics, and even noted as the state’s best tennis player. Some records indicate she has world records for shot put, sprinting, and hurdling.
Following her six year career, she continued as a substitute for the industry, but focused on teaching physical education and managed several YWCAs. She constantly organized, participated in, and served on sports events alongside a wealth of other career jobs, ending back in South Dakota as a social worker before retiring in 1966.
Why this woman?
This research is picking up many women all over our country, taking on jobs and opportunities, usually without fanfare, to fill a void or deliver on a passion they have in any way they can. I find more and more of these leaders are not identified to the one thing they accomplish. They continue to push and take things on because they want to see it all happen and they know they can.
Amanda filled her life with activities that created sports opportunities for her, but evident in what she lived her later life on was passionate about helping people. In social work. In teaching.
She didn’t look for the spotlight. She turned on the light. Usually for the betterment of someone else.
I find myself driven by a lot as well. I have skills of design and craft-ship. I see opportunities that I think are fun or going to engage me with interesting people around me. People say I take on too much, but I don’t see it that way at all. I want to participate to see that something around me has changed. That people that can’t fight for themselves have a clearer path. And I hope that my involvement is going to make it less stressful and ideally more fun for all involved.
I also see women every day taking on the tasks and opportunities because it has to get done, without jumping at looking for the end result of glory at the end. It is about keeping things progressing and knowing most people can’t do it all. Definitely not alone. Amanda is another example of a get’er done and have fun as you do it kind of person.
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