Monday, November 03, 2003

Aha! It's that time readers (oh it's that time) to celebrate some noble men and women who have stood for gender equality, justice, and women! To start the celebration, I have included some quotes that I found to be quite awesome. Some are seriuos, some are funny, all are well said. I always feel the movement is a sort of mosaic. Each of us puts in one little stone, and then you get a great mosaic at the end. --Alice Paul, pioneer suffragist Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed people can change the world: indeed it's the only thing that ever has! --Margaret Mead, anthropologist A girl should not expect special privileges because of her sex but neither should she adjust to prejudice and discrimination. --Betty Friedan, feminist Remember our heritage is our power; we can know ourselves and our capacities by seeing that other women have been strong. --Judy Chicago, artist You don't just luck into things as much as you'd like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it's friendships or opportunities. --U.S. First Lady Barbara Bush When women are depressed they either eat or go shopping. Men invade another country. --Elayne Boosler Women were brought up to believe that men were the answer. They weren't. They weren't even one of the questions. --Julian Barnes, English, novelist Reconciliation should be accompanied by justice, otherwise it will not last. While we all hope for peace it shouldn't be peace at any cost but peace based on principle, on justice. --Corazon Aquino The young women of today, free to study, to speak, to write, to choose their occupation, should remember that every inch of this freedom was bought for them at a great price. It is for them to show their gratitude by helping onward the reforms of their own times, by spreading the light of freedom and of truth still wider. The debt that each generation owes to the past it must pay to the future. --Abigail Scott Duniway, suffrage organizer in the Pacific Northwest 2:40:22 PM   comment  []