The true worth of a race must be measured by the character of its womanhood.
About this quote
- Attributed to
- Mary McLeod Bethune
- Source
- "A Century of Progress of Negro Women" (1933)
- Attribution status
- ✓ Verified source
- Verification
- Primary reference
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Please know that I am aware of the hazards. I want to do it because I want to do it. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be a challenge to others.
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Never be limited by other people’s limited imaginations… If you adopt their attitudes, then the possibility won’t exist because you’ll have already shut it out… You can hear other people’s wisdom, but you’ve got to re-evaluate the world for yourself.
