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Read more: Speak up for things that matterI walked Saturday with my friend Susie and 40,000 other people in the Women’s March in Austin. We were standing up, speaking up for issues…
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Read more: Dignity and decencyMichelle Obama once said, “We learned about dignity and decency—that how hard you work matters more than how much you make—that helping others means more…
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Read more: The power of hopeMichelle Obama once said, “When you are struggling, and you start thinking about giving up, I want you to remember something that my husband and…
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Read more: People who are strong“People who are truly strong lift others up. People who are truly powerful bring others together,” Michelle Obama once said. –Joy
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Read more: Are women people?A 1876 British Common Law ruling declared: “Women are persons in matters of pain and penalties, but are not persons in matters of rights and…
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Read more: Keep walking!Gaynelle, my friend and neighbor, her dog, Cara, my dog, Ginger, and I have been walking two miles every morning for more than a year…
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Read more: The asparagus testKelly Dittmar, a professor at the Rutgers Center for American Women and Politics, had a friend who needed someone to fill a spot on “some…
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Read more: On the busI’m riding the bus to Austin on January 21 for a women’s march. I’ll be wearing the official march t-shirt that my friend Sally bought…
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Read more: We’re ready for more adventuresFayteen and I ended the year with a lovely adventure—a day trip to Fort Worth. We saw a wonderful exhibit—“Monet—The Early Years” at the Kimball…
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Read more: Advice from Benjamin FranklinIf you’re making new year’s resolutions—and we decided years ago that we prefer to make our resolutions in the spring, here’s some good advice from…