Young girls across the country gained a squad of new idols this week when the U.S. Women's National Team stormed its way to a World Cup title. But soccer wasn't the only sport graced with new heroes. This week, Misty Copeland became the first black principal dancer at the American Ballet Theater and the only one in the company's 75-year history so far.
Nancy Koehn, a professor at the Harvard Business School, says that Copeland's extraordinary accomplishment will inspire a whole new, diverse generation of ballet dancers much the way the women's soccer team led by Mia Hamm inspired a new generation of players a decade ago:
Koehn also pointed out that you don't have to be an aspiring ballerina to be amazed and inspired by Copeland's achievement:
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