“Some of you may know my story: How for nineteen years, I worked as a manager for a tire plant in Alabama. And some of you may have lived a similar story: After nearly two decades of hard, proud work, I found out that I was making significantly less money than the men who were doing the same work as me.” KnowsMenYearsMayTwoHardStoriesFoundHe ManProudPlantDecadesManagersTireAlabamaNineteen Author:Lilly Ledbetter
“Being a mother is quite tiring. There's not much time to do anything. You just rush around and it's hard work.” HardMotherHard WorkTireBeing A Mother Author:Kirsty Gallacher
“It's hard to go. It's scary and lonely...and half the time you'll be wondering why the hell you're in Cincinnati or Austin or North Dakota or Mongolia or wherever your melodious little finger-plucking heinie takes you. There will be boondoggles and discombobulated days, freaked-out nights and metaphorical flat tires. But it will be soul-smashingly beautiful... It will open up your life.” LittlesSoulHardBeautifulNightHalfWonderHellLonelyFingersScaryFlatsTireMetaphoricalAustinDakotaMongoliaNorth DakotaFlat Tires Author:Cheryl Strayed