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What does it mean?
Women have historically carried the burden of maintaining hope during hard times.
In plain terms
Women kept hope alive when there was little of it.
What can you take from it?
Women have historically sustained hope.

Where it applies

  • history
  • sociology
  • personal struggle

Putting it to work

  • Acknowledge invisible labor

Questions to consider

  • Who holds hope in your life?
  • What burdens do women carry?

Another view

Men also participated in sustaining hope.

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