Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986), Artist & Painter
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson (1970-Present) Supreme Court Confirmation Speech
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933 – 2020), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Jane Austen (1775-1817), English Novelist (quote from Mansfield Park)
Hillary Clinton (1947-present), Former United States Secretary of State & U.S. Senator (New York)
Michelle Obama (1964-Present), Former First Lady of the United States
“Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions.”
“It has taken 232 years & 115 prior appointments for a Black woman to be selected to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States...We’ve made it."
“Women and girls can do whatever they want. There is no limit to what we as women can accomplish.”
“Women belong in all places where decisions are being made. It shouldn’t be that women are the exception.”
“I believe that the rights of women and girls is the unfinished business of the 21st century.”
“I’ve been absolutely terrified every moment of my life — and I’ve never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.”
Alice Walker (1944-Present), Author & Social Activist
Rosa Parks (1913-2005), Civil Rights Activist
Malala Yousafzai (1997-Present), Pakistani Female Education Activist & Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
Shirley Chisholm (1924-2005), U.S. Congresswoman
Madeleine Albright (1937-2022), U.S. Secretary of State
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962), First Lady
“One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.”
"If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair."
“You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.”
"The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any."
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
“It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.”
