"I promise to use what brains I have to meet problems with intelligence and courage"
Nevertheless, She Persisted: Frances Perkins
Santa’s (Caffeine-Fueled) Starting Nine
Scientific studies prove that caffeine helps you fly! (Note: this is not literally true.)
A History of Cleveland, Ohio in 50 Objects #4: The David Berger National Memorial
"It is wrong to hurt people because they believe in a different religion than you do," she concluded. ..."Didn't people *understand* that?" the older boy asked her.
Nevertheless, She Persisted: Virginia Apgar
"Nobody, but nobody, is going to stop breathing on me."
Nevertheless, She Persisted: Emily Dickinson
"There is always one thing to be grateful for — that one is one's self & not somebody else."
Nevertheless, She Persisted: The Lowell Mill Girls
"They had neither flags nor music, but sang songs..."
Nevertheless, She Persisted: Grace Murray Hopper
“How did you know so much about computers then?”
“I didn’t, it was the first one.”
Nevertheless, She Persisted: Juliette Gordon Low
"I've got something for the girls of Savannah, and all of America, and all the world, and we're going to start it tonight!"
Nevertheless, She Persisted: Wally Funk
"How well did [women] come across on the Mayflower? Terrific. How well did they go across the prairies and settle the West in their covered wagons? Great...Why can't we fly and go into space?"
Nevertheless, She Persisted: Madam C.J. Walker (Sarah Breedlove)
"This is the greatest country under the sun. But we must not let our love of country, our patriotic loyalty cause us to abate one whit in our protest against wrong and injustice."
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