By Katie Halper
A countless number of inspiring women have said (and done) a countless number of inspiring things. To celebrate Women’s History Month, I’m highlighting only some of the infinite brilliance of women.
1. If women could go into your Congress, I think justice would soon be done to the Indians.
Sara Winnemucca, Piute tribe activist, 1883
2. I am prepared to sacrifice every so-called privilege I possess in order to have a few rights.
Inez Milholland, Suffragist 1909
3. Women more than men can strip war of its glamour and its out-of-date heroisms and patriotisms, and see it as a demon of destruction and hideous wrong.
Lillian Wald, nurse, public health advocate, social worker.
4. I was just born to swing, that’s all.
Lil Hardin Armstrong, bandleader, 1930’s
5. There are no good girls gone wrong - just bad girls found out.
Mae West, actress
6. People often say with pride, “I’m not interested in politics.” They might as well say, “I’m not interested in my standard of living, my health, my job, my rights, my freedoms, my future, or any future.”
Martha Gelhorn, Novelist, essayist, and war correspondent
7. Don’t compromise yourself. You’re all you’ve got.
Janice Joplin, singer
8. We are coming down from our pedestal and up from the laundry room.
Bella Abzug, lawyer
9. As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole world.”
Virginia Woolf, author
10. In my heart, I think a woman has two choices: either she’s a feminist or a masochist.
Gloria Steinem, feminist
Inspired? 
and check out the The National Women’s History Project (NWHP)
And readers: which of these women do you want to know more about? Let me know, and I’ll blog about them this month!
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March 16th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
Which of these women do I want to know more about? All of them! How about one a day, for ten days? That will finish off the month and be very interesting reading.
Thanks, and Happy Women’s History Month!
April 10th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
Needing a special birthday, thank you, or just-becaue gift? Write a tribute to the inspiring women in your life - mothers, grandmothers, sisters, aunts, teachers, friends, colleagues or any inspiring woman. Visit www.tributefund.org to read featured tributes, and also to send a tribute to as many women as you would like.
Dr. Sarah McCue
Founder, Tribute Fund for Women
sarah@globaltributefund.org
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