“If you think somebody cares about you and believes your life is worth saving, how can you give up?” — Geraldine Ferraro, first female candidate for Vice President in 1984
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Touch the Skies
“We never know how high we are Till we are called to rise; And then, if we are true to plan, Our statures touch the skies.” — Emily Dickinson, American poet Read more at http://www.beliefnet.com/inspiration/2010/01/inspiring-quotes-from-great-women-in-history.aspx?p=2#m9cHmZ0YuERTWbJq.99
Shouldn’t be the Exception
“Women belong in all places where decisions are being made… It shouldn’t be that women are the exception.” — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Not Going to be Silent
“It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.” —Madeleine Albright
Give Yourselves
“To the wrongs that need resistance, To the right that needs assistance, To the future in the distance, Give yourselves.” — Carrie Chapman Catt (1859-1947) President of the National American Woman Suffrage Association
Thought for Today
“If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities, and so weave a less arbitrary social fabric, one in which each diverse human gift will find a fitting place.” – Margaret Mead, cultural anthropologist
March is National Women’s History Month
How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!- Maya Angelou, poet I love history. We all know the stories of major characters in U.S. history and they are often white men. But do we know the stories of the women, people of color, indigenous peoples and immigrants who also contributedContinue reading “March is National Women’s History Month”
Protest Openly
“If we accept and acquiesce in the face of discrimination, we accept the responsibility ourselves and allow those responsible to salve their conscience by believing that they have our acceptance and concurrence. We should, therefore, protest openly everything… that smacks of discrimination or slander.” — Mary McLeod Bethune, American educator, stateswoman, philanthropist, humanitarian and civil rights activist
Thought for Today
“While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else and everything else are also God’s creation.” —Maya Angelou
People Pay for What They Do
“People pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed themselves to become. And they pay for it very simply; by the lives they lead.” — James Baldwin, American Novelist and Social Critic
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