This song became an “anthem” for women of my generation. It is just as powerful today. And so is Helen Reddy. Thank you Helen!
Category Archives: women’s history month
You Cannot Soar
“As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.” — Marian Anderson, African-American contralto
To That You Were Called
“If we do anything to further the kingdom of God, we may expect to find what Christ found on that road – abuse, indifference, injustice, misunderstanding, trouble of some kind. Take it. Why not? To that you were called.” — Elisabeth Elliot
The Work of Today
“The work of today is the history of tomorrow, and we are its makers.” — Juliette Gordon Low, Founder of the Girl Scouts https://www.rd.com/culture/womens-history-quotes/
Nothing is Impossible
“Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible’!” — Audrey Hepburn
The Glory of Each Generation
“The glory of each generation is to make its own precedents.” — Belva Lockwood — 1st woman to argue a case before the Supreme Court https://www.rd.com/culture/womens-history-quotes/
10 Amazing Inventions by Women (video)
The Bumblebee Shouldn’t be Able to Fly…
“Aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn’t be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn’t know that so it goes on flying anyway.” — Mary Kay Ash, Founder Mary Kay Cosmetics
Complete Equality
“[T]here never will be complete equality until women themselves help to make laws and elect lawmakers.” — Susan B. Anthony
Rita Dove: Imagine the Possibilities
“You have to imagine it possible before you can see something. You can have the evidence right in front of you, but if you can’t imagine something that has never existed before, it’s impossible.” — Rita Dove, first African-American poet laureate of the U.S. Read more at http://www.beliefnet.com/inspiration/2010/01/inspiring-quotes-from-great-women-in-history.aspx?p=8#HCYhXakXPJ8hDZiP.99
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