“International Women’s Day,” “Women’s History Month” Worth Remembering …

Four American Women, Words Attributed to them
(alphabetically)
Addams - Bethune - Keller - Wells

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We know instinctively that if we grow contemptuous of our fellows; and consciously limit our association to [interaction, relations, contact, communication with] certain kinds of people whom we have previously decided to respect — we not only circumscribe, tremendously, our range of life; we limit the scope of our ethics.”

— Jane ADDAMS: American settlement activist, reformer, social worker, sociologist, public administrator, author.

Lifetime: September 6, 1860, Cedarville, Illinois – May 21, 1935. Chicago, Illinois—

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We have a powerful potential in our youth; we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices, so that we may direct their power toward good ends.” ♦ “The true worth of a race must be measured by the character of its womanhood.”

— Mary Jane McLeod BETHUNE: American educator, college founder and president, stateswoman, philanthropist, humanitarian, woman’s rights / human rights advocate /activist.

Lifetime: July 10, 1875 Mayesville, South Carolina – May 18, 1955, Daytona Beach, Florida—

“W

hen we inquire why things are as they are; … the answer is this: The foundation of society is laid upon a basis of individualism, conquest, and exploitation — with a total disregard of the good of the whole.” ♦ “I like frank debate; I do not object to harsh criticism, so long as I am treated like a human being with a mind of her own.”

— Helen Adams KELLER: American author, lecturer, human rights advocate, political activist.

Lifetime:   June 27, 1880, Tuscumbia, Alabama – June 1, 1968, Easton, Connecticut—

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What becomes a crime deserving capital punishment when the tables are turned is … of small moment when the accusing party is a Negro woman.” ♦ “No nation, savage or civilized — [except] … the United States of America — has confessed its inability to protect its women, [except] by hanging, shooting, and burning alleged offenders.”

— Ida Bell “B.” WELLS-Barnett: American teacher, investigative journalist, woman suffrage activist, educator, lecturer, early leader in civil rights activism.

Lifetime: July 16, 1862, Holly Springs, Mississippi - March 25, 1931, Chicago, Illinois—

 

 

Reference, Sources: Wikipedia, Brainy Quote
Jane Addams https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Addams
Mary McLeod Bethune https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_McLeod_Bethune
Helen Keller https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Keller
Ida B. Wells https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_B._Wells

 

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