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What I Hope to Leave Behind: The Essential Essays of Eleanor Roosevelt

Book by Eleanor Roosevelt · 3 quotes · Ability, Believe, Democracy

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“We women are callow fledglings as compared with the wise old birds who manipulate the political machinery, and we still hesitate to believe that a woman can fill certain positions in public life as competently and adequately as a man. For instance, it is certain that women do not want a woman for President. Nor would they have the slightest confidence in her ability to fulfill the functions of that office. Every woman who fails in a public position confirms this, but every woman who succeeds creates confidence.”