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What I wanted was for them to have a grand, sweeping narrative that they deserved, the kind of American history that belongs to the Wright Brothers and the astronauts, to Alexander Hamilton and Martin Luther King Jr. Not told as a separate history, but as part of the story we all know. Not at the margins, but at the very center, the protagonists of the drama. And not just because they are black, or because they are women, but because they are part of the American epic. -- Margot Lee Shetterly
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Gender as it functions today is a grave injustice. I am angry. We should all be angry. Anger has a long history of bringing about positive change. -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Each of us should be allowed to rise as far as our talent and hard work can take us. -- Margot Lee Shetterly
If men are to remain civilized, or to become so, the art of associating together must grow and improve in the same ratio in which the equality of conditions is increased. -- Alexis de Tocqueville
The promise of equality is not the same as true equality. -- Sheryl Sandberg
The gender stereotypes introduced in childhood are reinforced throughout our lives and become self-fulfilling prophesies. Most leadership positions are held by men, so women don’t expect to achieve them, and that becomes one of the reasons they don’t. -- Sheryl Sandberg
Negro life in America was a never-ending series of negotiations: when to fight and when to concede. -- Margot Lee Shetterly
Men are promoted based on potential, while women are promoted based on past accomplishments. -- Sheryl Sandberg
That day, all the Sneetches forgot about stars, and whether they had one, or not, upon thars. -- Dr. Seuss
Wasn’t that the point of the book? For women to realize, We are just two people. Not that much separates us. Not nearly as much as I’d thought. -- Kathryn Stockett
Maybe happiness didn’t have to be about the big sweeping circumstances, about having everything in your life in place. Maybe it was about stringing together a bunch of small pleasures. — Ann Brashares
