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I am a firm believer in women-in their ability to do things & in their influence & power. Women set the standards for the world, and it is for us, women of Canada, to set the standards high.

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  1. Women have not had much to do with making wars, though some wars in ancient times have been blamed on them; and as men have written the his…
  2. Disturbers are never popular -- nobody ever really loved an alarm clock in action-no matter how grateful they may have been afterwards for …
  3. [Minding one's own business] is a cheap and second rate virtue, much extolled in certain circles, over estimated by the world at large; in …
  4. I saw what could be done with words, for I had a vision of a new world as I talked.
  5. Women who set a low value on themselves make life hard for all women.
  6. Never retreat; never explain; never apologize. Get the job done and let them howl.

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