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Georgie Anne Geyer: It was when...

Georgie Anne Geyer: It was when...

It was when 'reporters' became 'journalists' and when 'objectivity' gave way to 'searching for the truth,' that an...

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Betty Friedan: Aging is not...

Betty Friedan: Aging is not...

Aging is not 'lost youth' but a new stage of opportunity and strength.

Source: In...

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Althea Gibson: I think I've...

Althea Gibson: I think I've...

I think I've already got the main thing I've always wanted, which is to be somebody, to have an identify. I'm Althea...

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Wilma Rudolph: When the sun...

Wilma Rudolph: When the sun...

When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to...

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Amelia Earhart: Women must try...

Amelia Earhart: Women must try...

Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail their failure must be but a challenge to...

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Rachel Carson: Every mystery solved...

Rachel Carson: Every mystery solved...

Every mystery solved brings us to the threshold of a greater one.

Source: In...

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Susanna Moodie: When things come...

Susanna Moodie: When things come...

When things come to the worse, they generally mend.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Sarah Winnemucca: I would place...

Sarah Winnemucca: I would place...

I would place al1 the Indians of Nevada on ships in our harbor, take them to New York and land them there as...

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Charlotte Bronte: If you are...

Charlotte Bronte: If you are...

If you are cast in a different mould to the majority, it is no merit of yours: Nature did...

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Etty Hillesum: I would ....

Etty Hillesum: I would ....

I would . . . be so exhausted by my determination that I had no strength left to do the actual...

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Elizabeth Gould Davis: . . ....

Elizabeth Gould Davis: . . ....

. . . congenital killers and criminals are possessed of not one but two Y chromosomes, bearing a double dose, as it...

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Clara Barton: Economy, prudence, and...

Clara Barton: Economy, prudence, and...

Economy, prudence, and a simple life are the sure masters of need, and will often accomplish that which, their...

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Joyce Brothers: I don't give...

Joyce Brothers: I don't give...

I don't give advice. I can't tell anybody what to do. Instead I say this is what we know about this problem at this...

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Joyce Brothers: Before your dreams...

Joyce Brothers: Before your dreams...

Before your dreams can come true, you have to have those dreams.

Source: In The...

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Martha Carey Thomas: . . ....

Martha Carey Thomas: . . ....

. . . a woman can be a woman and a true one without having all her time engrossed by dress and...

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Maria Montessori: Never help a...

Maria Montessori: Never help a...

Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.

Source: In The...

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Mary Ritter Beard: The dogma of...

Mary Ritter Beard: The dogma of...

The dogma of woman's complete historical subjection to men must be rated as one of the most fantastic myths ever...

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Barbara Bush: I'm not a...

Barbara Bush: I'm not a...

I'm not a competitive person, and I think women like me because they don't think I'm competitive, just...

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Abigail Adams: I am more...

Abigail Adams: I am more...

I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature and that power, whether vested in many or a few, is ever...

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Eleanor Roosevelt: I think, at...

Eleanor Roosevelt: I think, at...

I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift...

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