Fucking hell!!

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It is international womans day!!

Please add your inspirational woman quotes and/or nominations of your own inspirational women.

*Elizabeth Cady Stanton 1815-1902

The moment we begin to fearthe opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls. Every truth we see is ours to give the world, not to keep for ourselves alone, for in so doing we cheat humanity out of their rights and check our own development.

Nevertheless, she persisted.

Inspirational stuff.

How can we expect righteousness to prevail when there is hardly anyone willing to give himself up individually to a righteous cause? Such a fine, sunny day, and I have to go, but what does my death matter, if through us, thousands of people are awakened and stirred to action?[11][13]

Sophie Scholl, February 1943, Munich (before she was executed by the Nazis).

Well behaved women rarely make history.

Be the woman you needed as a girl

My 2 favourites attached

The biggest thing I feel women need to learn is the power we could have if we unified, stop tearing each other down and instead work together to improve things for all of us

‘It’s not the size of the girl in the fight, but the size of the fight in the girl...’

This one:

“When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.” Audre Lord



Every woman's success should be an inspiration to another. We're strongest when we cheer each other on.
Serena Williams

'Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels.'

It's not a meme but there are lots of quotable bits

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Any comment from the lips of Maya Angelou :)

since it is mumsnet...

Sojourner Truth, born into slavery became a suffragette

To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power. Or the climbing, falling colors of a rainbow
Maya Angelou

with the quote...

This.

I'm loath to quote the evil old baggage, but I've always liked Thatcher's

"If you want something said, ask a man, if you want something done, ask a woman".

Although it can be read 2 ways, and I'm never quite sure which way she meant it.

'Courage calls to courage everywhere.' Millicent Fawcett.

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Some lovely ideas here!

Helen Keller:

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.

An excellent suggestion Mrs Triggs -

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2 from the fabulous Betty White