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Chelsea Candelario/PureWow. 2. “I know my worth. I embrace my power. I say if I’m beautiful. I say if I’m strong. You will not determine my story.
Here are 50 quotes about life to motivate you. Words can hold a lot of power. They can uplift and inspire. ... "All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure ...
47. "The dictionary is the only place that success comes before work.” – Vince Lombardi. 48. "Persistence is the twin sister of excellence. One is a matter of quality; the other, a matter of ...
She received a personal letter from then-President Dwight D. Eisenhower congratulating her on her accomplishment. [119] 1951 Paula Ackerman was the first woman in America to perform rabbinical functions. [120] Arie Taylor became the first black person to become a U.S. Women's Air Force classroom instructor. [121]
Basking in reflected glory (BIRGing) is a self-serving cognition whereby an individual associates themselves with known successful others such that the winner's success becomes the individual's own accomplishment. [1] [2] [3] The affiliation of another's success is enough to stimulate self-glory. The individual does not need to be personally ...
Emma Willard (née Hart; February 23, 1787 – April 15, 1870) was an American female education activist who dedicated her life to education. She worked in several schools and founded the first school for women's higher education in the United States, the Troy Female Seminary in Troy, New York.
Bodde: One of the things that struck me is when John talks about the end of military conscription in England, and he says they were the first generation who were “allowed to live.” So all ...
Mary Hays (1759–1843) was an autodidact intellectual who published essays, poetry, novels and several works on famous (and infamous) women. She is remembered for her early feminism, and her close relations to dissenting and radical thinkers of her time including Robert Robinson, Mary Wollstonecraft, William Godwin and William Frend. [1]