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. Read the rest of this entry »
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 Women more than men can strip war of its glamour and its out-of-date heroisms and patriotisms, and see it as a demon of destruction and hideous wrong.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
