Category: resolute-women
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A fierce voice
Deb Haaland, a member of the Laguna Pueblo in New Mexico, is serving as interior secretary, a member of President Joe Biden’s cabinet. “A voice like mine has never been a cabinet secretary or the head of the Department of Interior,” Haaland said. “Growing up in my mother’s pueblo household made me fierce. I’ll be…
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A little progress
Women still hold only about one-fourth of the seats in Congress, concludes Ms. magazine in its winter 2021 issue. They hold 27 percent of the seats in the House—and 24 percent of the seats in the Senate. That’s progress—but not enough progress.
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We will continue to fight
“Dressed in suffrage white, Kamala Harris acknowledged ‘all the women who have worked to secure and protect the right to vote for over a century,’” writes Debra Adams Simmons, an executive editor of National Geographic, “’100 years ago with the 19th Amendment. Fifty-five years ago with the Voting Rights Act. And, now, in 2020, with…
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A girl with a book
“Never underestimate the power of a girl with a book,” Ruth Bader Ginsberg once said. I’m going to honor Ruth Bader Ginsberg by encouraging girls I know to read a book, get lots of years of education and fight for justice.
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Women belong
“Women belong in all the places where decisions are being made,” Ruth Bader Ginsberg once said.
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Keep working
“When you put your hand to the plow, you can’t put it down until you get to the end of the row,” Alice Paul, the suffragist, once said.
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Ordinary equality
“I never doubted that equal rights was the right direction,” Alice Paul, the suffragist, once said. “Most reforms, most problems are complicated. But to me there is nothing complicated about ordinary equality.”
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Use your anger
“If you’re not angry, you’re either a stone, or you’re too sick to be angry,” Maya Angelou once said. “You should be angry. “You must not be bitter. Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. It doesn’t do anything to the object of its displeasure. So, use that anger. “Yes. You write it.…
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Was the battle over on August 26, 1920?
In 1921, Alice Paul answered: “It is incredible to me that anyone should think that the fight for women’s equality has been won.” And, as we all know, the larger battle for diversity and equality in this country is still ongoing.
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Celebrate on August 26!
The Tennessee Senate passed the 19th Amendment, and then the Tennessee House of Representatives passed it on August 18. However, Tennessee Governor Roberts didn’t sign the Certification of Ratification until August 24. After that, the Certification of Ratification traveled by train to Washington, and Secretary of State Colby signed it on August 26. The 19th…