Kidding aside, however, Goodwin stressed the importance of women and men joining together to find a balance of "work, play and love" in life.

"One of the greatest challenges your generation will face is-without losing the liberating impulses [of recent years]-restoring childhood to your children," said Goodwin, addressing assembled nominees. She added that this was a job "for both women and men."

Goodwin spoke at length of her own parents, and the roles they played in encouraging her to succeed, a sentiment emphasized in Lim's address as well.

"I need to also thank the invisible leaders in my life, including my parents and others, whose quiet leadership doesn't need title or reward," Lim said.

Leaving the celebration, Fentrice D. Driscoll `01, award nominee and former Undergraduate Council president, took a similar focus away with her.

"I've been paying a lot more attention to the sacrifices my own mother had to make," Driscoll said. "I've come to realize the resilience of women, and the different roles they have to play. They do it with such grace."

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