All Entries in the "Quote of the Week" Category
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“I’m good mates with Barack Obama. I tell him, ‘You think it’s tough being African-American? Try being me. Try being an atheist, childless, single woman as prime minister.’”
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“The idea that a younger son should become monarch instead of an elder daughter simply because he is a man — this way of thinking is at odds with the modern countries we have become.”
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“Every time we refer to a woman as a girl and a man as a boy, we’re setting ourselves back by disrespecting ourselves as sexual beings.”
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“Women’s colleges are a vital and vibrant part of the educational landscape . . .”
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“Many organizations now want to change, want to close gender gaps, partly because it is the right thing to do, but also because it increasingly is the smart thing to do.”
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“The increasing relevance of women’s education is apparent in what we’re learning about leadership. Women have a style that is more collaborative, more willing to challenge problems, to take calculated risk, and challenge rules they believe are not just. That means what women’s colleges do now is focus more specifically on the learning environment and […]
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“Women’s colleges tended to be dismissed 20 years ago as nice places with nice girls who are either privileged or have some reason not to be in the mix at a coed institution. I’ve never thought of Mills as a college that just happens to enroll women. I’ve thought about Mills as a college that […]
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““We can’t expect to hold back the potential of one half of our world and believe we will have the same progress and balance as we would if all people have the option to realize their potential.”
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“Women are proved to be the stronger sex, especially when it comes to mental and intellectual strength. For the reason of their mental and intellectual strength, women should be given priority by our governments in academic development and leadership opportunities. Without giving attention to the education of our women, development is doubtful.” -Vincent Ado Tenebe, […]
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“Second only to the victim’s suffering, the most disturbing aspect of the incident is that some Cal Poly students knew what occurred at the party, failed to stop or report what they saw, and failed to keep each other safe. That’s a change in culture we must embark on immediately.” – Jeffrey Armstrong, president of […]
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“Can the mere presence of slur-chanting fraternity men really create an environment that robs young women of equal opportunity to education? Yes, it can. If you want to improve women’s lives on campus, if you want to give them a fair shot at living and learning as freely as men, the first thing you could […]
