Women of Wednesday Weblink, You Rock! Thanks to each of you for welcoming this blog, the weekly eblasts and Facebook posts into your life every Wednesday for the past 4.5 years. May we all continue to thrive as women and be wayshowers for those coming up behind us. As this chapter closes, may women everywhere always ... 
“[I]f we revert to
history, we shall find that the women who have distinguished themselves have
neither been the most beautiful nor the most gentle of their sex.” 
"[impersonating her mother] Now, Maria, if a boy
doesn't like you, I would just like you to know that he is intimidated by your
beauty, because you are the most beautiful girl in the whole world and if you
would stop doing impersonations of me I think other people would see that..."
"I made
a real specific decision when I came out of school and most artists were
writing about home - if you were a woman, you were writing about being a woman
- and I decided not to do that, write about what you know. That's not what I
do. I went as far away from home as possible in terms of the development of my
imagination."
"My
daughter Jane noticed a tremendous difference between Mommy's cooking and
Daddy's cooking and decided Mommy should be phased out."
"I
believe knowledge doesn’t have a gender divide. Women can use their instincts,
intellects, thoughts and ideas to their advantage. Women are good team players
and female bosses often make very democratic leaders. I am proud to be a woman
and strongly believe that the world belongs to those who want to make a
difference."
