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Women Hold Up Half the Sky… Chinese Proverb

Women Hold Up Half the Sky… Chinese Proverb. In Their Own Words…. Insights from notable women. When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us. Helen Keller (1880-1968)

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Women Hold Up Half the Sky… Chinese Proverb

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  1. Women Hold Up Half the Sky…Chinese Proverb In Their Own Words…. Insights from notable women

  2. When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.

  3. Helen Keller (1880-1968) World famous author and public speaker

  4. Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

  5. Margaret Mead (1901-1978) World renowned anthropologist

  6. What we do need is simply to be allowed to exist, to live, to let our own culture develop, and to recover the meaning of our own history.

  7. Rigoberta Menchu Tum Nobel Peace Prize Winner for Literature (1959- )

  8. I want to say to every Negro woman present, don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come…get up and make them!

  9. Madame C.J. Walker (Sarah Breedlove McWilliams) (1867-1919) millionaire hair-care entrepreneur An African American cosmetics entrepreneur,National Business League, 1913

  10. Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

  11. Indira Gandhi (1917-1984) Indian political leader

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

  13. Mae Jemison (1956- ) Scientist and first African American woman astronaut

  14. "If you don't like the way the world is, you change it. You have an obligation to change it. You just do it one step at a time.

  15. Marion Wright Edelman • (1939- ),Attorney and children’s rights advocate

  16. When you succeed, don’t forget the responsibility of making someone else succeed with you.

  17. Antonia Novella,M.D. (1944- First woman and first Hispanic U.S. Surgeon General

  18. Their Maker, gives them the sky to carry because they are strong. These people do not know who they are, but if you see a lot of trouble in your life, it is because you were chosen to carry part of the sky on your head “

  19. Edwidge Danticat (1969- ) Author, National Book Award Finalist

  20. We hope you’ve enjoyed this presentation by the Department of Multicultural Education and Public Affairs Office for Women’s History Month!

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