Shirley Schlanger decides to be a lawyer instead of president
![08-Shirley-as-child A young Shirley Schlanger](https://www.shirleyabrahamson.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/08-Shirley-as-child-1024x585.jpg)
Schlanger tells her parents that she wants to be a lawyer. They don’t discourage her because at least she is now being realistic. When she was four she insisted that she wanted to be a U.S. president.