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“If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it.”

“There is no life that does not contribute to history.”

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Book:The Living Is Easy

Source: The Living Is Easy

“The truth has never been told about women in history: that everywhere man has gone woman has gone too, and what he has done she has done also. Women are ignorant of their own past and ignorant of their own importance in that past.”

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Book:Of Men and Women

Source: Of Men and Women

“Despite the modern dogma to the effect that women were a subject sex until the nineteenth century 'emancipated' them from history, women in history had demonstrated strong wills and purposes, had made assertions, and had directed or influenced all human destiny, including their own, since human life began.”

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Author:Mary Ritter Beard

“You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world's problems at once but don't ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own.”

“Never limit yourself because of others' limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.”

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Author:Mae Jemison

“If society will not admit of woman's free development, then society must be remodeled.”

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Author:Elizabeth Blackwell

“Toughness doesn't have to come in a pinstripe suit.”

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Author:Dianne Feinstein

“The history of all times, and of today especially, teaches that...women will be forgotten if they forget to think about themselves.”