text:  and humbling and all of those things but she also taught me that as a young woman in this field i could achieve anything that anyone else in the field could achieve and that was a strong message 25 30 years ago the most successful people were still in that field largely males so i thank her for that and i appreciate her for that edelman public relations is a giant in the field and i cannot tell you how many guests i have been pitched throughout my career from edelman pr