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Cecilia Mitchell (a Mohawk)
Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that's best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes:
Thus mellowed to that tender light
Which heaven to gaudy day denies
One shade the more, one ray the less,
Had half impaired the nameless grace
Which waves in every raven tress,
Or softly lightens o'er her face;
Where thoughts serenely sweet express
How pure, how dear their dwelling-place
And on that cheek, and o'er that brow,
So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,
The smiles that win, the tints that glow,
But tell of days in goodness spent,
A mind at peace with all below,
A heart whose love is innocent!
'It is time for the woman. It is time to talk and set things right, for women to stand up. And when the world honors women, the mothers, and Mother Earth, everyone will be better off.'
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'In a society where the rights and potential of women are constrained, no man can be truly free. He may have Power, but he will not have Freedom.' Mary Robinson, President of Ireland |
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'Being nice should NEVER be perceived as being weak. It's not a sign of weakness, it's a sign of courtesy, manners, grace, a woman's ability to make everyone feel at home,and it should never be construed as weakness. Men are comfortable with being intimidating; a woman is not comfortable with the thought that she is intimidating, and therefore, perhaps, she tries to be a little informal, but that doesn't mean that a woman can't be tough when the need arises......'
Benazir Bhutto, Prime minister of Pakistan |
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Originally woman was the Sun. She was an authentic person. Now woman is the Moon. She lives by depending on another and she shines by reflecting another's light.Her face has a sickly pallor. We must now regain our hidden Sun. "Reveal our Hidden Sun! Rediscover our natural gifts!" This is the ceaseless cry which forces itself into our hearts; It is our final, complete and only instinct through which our various separate instincts Are Unified Hiratsuka Raicho |
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'You have tampered with women, you have struck a rock.' South African women's protest slogan |
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'There has never been any question but that women of the poor should toil alongside their men. No angry, and no compassionate, voice has been raised to say that women should not break their backs with harvest work, or soil their hands with blacking grates and peeling potatoes. The objection is only to work that is pleasant, exciting or profitable - the work that any human being might think it worthwhile to do.' Dorothy L. Sayers |
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'I don't wish women to have power over men - but over themselves'
Simone de Beauvoir |
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'A slave is still a slave if she refuses to think for herself.'
Ibo proverb |
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I shout Truth-teller, Silence-breaker, Life-embracer, Death-no-longer-fearing, woman reunited with her child self. I sing woman who is daughter, sister, lover and mother to herself I hum woman planter, gatherer, healer. I drum woman warrior, siren, woman-who-stands-firmly-on-her-feet, woman who reaches inward to her centre and outward to the stars. I am woman who is child no longer, woman who is making herself sane, whole' Andrea R Canaan |
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You and I will fold the sheets Advancing towards each other From Burma, from Lapland From India where the sheets have been washed in the river And pounded upon stones: Together we will match the corners From China, where women on either side of the river Have washed their pale cloth in the White Stone Shallows "Under the shing moon" We meet as though in the formal steps of a dance To fold the sheets together, put them to air In wind, in sun over bushes, or by the fire. We stretch and pull from one side and then the other- Your turn. Now mine. We fold them and put them away until they are needed. A wish for all people when they lie down to sleep- Smooth linen, cool cotton, the fragrance and stir of herbs And the faint but perceptible scent of sweet clear water. Rosemary Dobson |
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Our home is the Universe. Our task is anything we set our minds and hearts to.' Maya V Patel |
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