Women's Wednesday Weblink

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 ...

* Celebrate sisterhood.
* Share ideas.
* Embrace similarities.
* Discuss differences.

Namaste,
Diana

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

 

"My daughter Jane noticed a tremendous difference between Mommy's cooking and Daddy's cooking and decided Mommy should be phased out."

 

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

an advocate for advancement of women's rights as a constitutional principle

prior to becoming the second female Supreme Court Justice of the US

Lucile Aurore Dupin

"Happiness lies in the consciousness we have of it."

 

Lucile Aurore Dupin

French novelist and memoirist, pseudonym George Sand

Raicho Hiratsuka

" Women, please let your own sun, 
your concentrated energy, 
your own submerged authentic vital power
shine out from you.
We are no longer the moon, Today we are truly the sun,
We will build shining golden cathedrals
at the top of crystal mountains, 
East of the Land of the Rising Sun.
Women, when you paint your own portrait,
do not forget to put the golden dome at
the top of your head."

Raicho Hiratsuka 

writer, journalist, political activist and pioneering Japanese feminist

(From Women's Manifesto 1911 translated by Mayumi Oda)

Christine Baranski

"I always say God should have given women one extra decade at least, especially if you want a family. You're trying to pack a lot in."

Christine Baranski

stage, screen and Emmy-winning TV actress

Rosa Parks

"I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear."

Rosa Parks

often called the “first lady of civil rights;” her statue unveiled today in the U.S. Capitol; 

most statues in the Capitol donated by states; this tribute unanimously authorized by the 109th Congress

Myrlie Evers-Williams

“We invoke the prayers of our grandmothers … Let their spirit guide us as we claim the spirit of old. There’s something within me that holds the reins. There’s something within me that banishes pain. There’s something within me that I cannot explain… all I know … is there is something within. There is something within.”  

Myrlie Evers-Williams

widow of Medgar Evers and first woman to deliver a prayer at a Presidential inauguration (1.21.13)

Anne Hathaway

"Sally [Field], I have to thank you for being the vanguard against typecasting — the Flying Nun grew up to be Norma Rae, grew up to be Mrs. Gump, grew up to be Mary Todd Lincoln."  

Anne Hathaway

during her 2013 Golden Globe Best Supporting Actress acceptance speech

Angela Baker

    

"It's harder to be home. There's more stuff going on.  At least when you're overseers you have structure… At home it's complete chaos all the time… Something like [Shining Service military makeover]  is truly amazing, that someone can recognize that."

Angela Baker

fulltime mom, staff sergeant in the National Guard and married to a service member

Shining Service Worldwide™ supports women in the military community       

Eve Ensler

"When we give in the world what we want the most,   we heal the broken part inside each of us."

Eve Ensler

playwright, author, activist

V-Day 2.14.13 One Billion Rising

Linda Lowen

“Perhaps [women] only earn 77 cents on every dollar men make. But my goal is to help us all embrace two truths: 1) We're worth every penny. 2) It's time for a raise.”

Linda Lowen writer with focus on women’s issues

Helen Gurley Brown

“Beauty can't amuse you, but brainwork—reading, writing, thinking—can.”

Helen Gurley Brown businesswoman, author, publisher 

Molly Ivins

"The first rule of holes: when you're in one, stop digging."

Molly Ivins    

columnist, political commentator, humorist and author

Lisa Williams

“The only thing that my past serves today  is for my girls to know that I understand them."

Lisa Williams  

founder/executive director of Living Water for Girls, a nonprofit organization

that cares for victims of sexual exploitation ages 12 to 18