Week Four: Marianne Williamson

"There's an emotional center of gravity inside us. What we're really seeking is a kind of gentle melting in."

-- Marianne Williamson,
Author & Lecturer

Week Three: Michelle Obama

"You know, every time somebody told me, 'No, you can't do that,' I pushed past the their doubts and I took my seat at the table."

— Michelle Obama, First Lady, United States of America

Week Two: Audre Lorde

“When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.”

— Audre Lorde, writer, poet, activist

Photo: Elsa Dorfman

Week One: Betty Freidan

“I never set out to write a book to change women's lives, to change history. It's like, 'Who, me?' Yes, me. I did it. And I'm not that different from other women. ... Maybe my power and glory was that I could speak my truth as a woman and it was the truth of every woman.” — Betty Freidan, The Feminine Mystique