“A white woman has only one handicap to overcome - that of sex. I have two - both sex and race. ... Colored men have only one - that of race. Colored women are the only group in this country who have two heavy handicaps to overcome, that of race as well as that of sex.” MenWellsTwoCountrySexBlackWhiteRaceGroupsOvercomingHeavyBlack WomenHandicaps Author:Mary Church Terrell
“I have great admiration for power, a great terror of weakness, especially in my own sex, yet feel that my love is for those who overcome the mental and moral suffering and temptation through excess of tenderness rather than through excess of strength.” FeelsSufferingSexMy OwnLove IsMoralWeaknessOvercomingTerrorTemptationAdmirationExcessTenderness Book:A commonplace book of thoughts, memories and fancies, original and selected Source: A commonplace book of thoughts, memories and fancies, original and selected