Wise Women: do what interests you

If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased. – Katharine Hepburn

 

Wise Women: Bella Abzug

I spend all day figuring out how to beat the machine and knock the crap out of the political power structure. – Bella Abzug

Wise Women: Strong Men

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Let’s be very clear: Strong men – men who are truly role models – don’t need to put down women to make themselves feel powerful. People who are truly strong lift others up. People who are truly powerful bring others together.  – Michelle Obama

Wise Women: a thought for today

 

I have always noticed that in portraits of really great writers the mouth is always firmly closed. – Gertrude Stein

 

Wise Women: Harriet Tubman

 

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world. – Harriet Tubman

 

Lucy Stone: On disappointment

In education, in marriage, in religion, in everything, disappointment is the lot of woman. It shall be the business of my life to deepen this disappointment in every woman’s heart until she bows down to it no longer.

WiseWomen: Quote for this day

 

 

 

 

Now all we need is to continue to speak the truth fearlessly, and we shall add to our number those who will turn the scale to the side of equal and full justice in all things. -Lucy Stone