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Women's Rights & Issues

niyad

(132,769 posts) Wed Dec 5, 2012, 06:51 PM Dec 2012

some quotes of the day-sonia johnson [View all]

Sonia Johnson Quotes

What we resist persists.
Sonia Johnson

I liked the name of the amendment. I couldn't help feeling uneasy that the church was opposing something with a name as beautiful as the Equal Rights Amendment.
Sonia Johnson

It's only when we have nothing else to hold onto that we're willing to try something very audacious and scary.
Sonia Johnson

We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference, and that a small group of determined people can change the course of history.
Sonia Johnson

What we have most to fear is failure of the heart.
Sonia Johnson

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some quotes of the day-sonia johnson [View all] niyad Dec 2012 OP

Courageous woman joesdaughter Dec 2012 #1

this week is the anniversary of her excommunication from lds--for standing up for women. I thought niyad Dec 2012 #2

She is a modern day hero to me libodem Dec 2012 #3

I have been very fortunate in meeting some of the women at the forefront of the ongoing battle niyad Dec 2012 #4

I thought it would continue libodem Dec 2012 #5

dale spender talks about the fact that women have to reinvent the wheel nearly every niyad Dec 2012 #6

Thank you very much libodem Dec 2012 #7