 “Women are ready to become full partners in the struggle for a decent way of life. Their skills and talent are needed and they are willing to contribute to the union cause."
-Addie Wyatt, first woman to be elected an International Vice President of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters Union
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“Activism is the rent I pay for living on this planet.” -Alice Walker
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“My address is like my shoes. It travels with me. I abide where there is a fight against wrong.”
—Mother Jones
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“If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation.” – Abigail Adams
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“Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did,
but she did it backwards and in high heels.”
- Faith Whittlesey
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“Only where they are organized do women get equal pay for equal work.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt
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“Join the union, girls, and together say Equal Pay for Equal Work.” -Susan B. Anthony
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“We are the slaves of slaves. We are exploited more ruthlessly than men.”
-Lucy Parsons
labor and civil rights activist
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“When you say fiscal responsibility, it seems to me that you really mean rich people keeping their money.” -Alice Adams
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“When morality comes up against profit, it is seldom that profit loses.”
-Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm
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