woman's day

1. March 8th
“How important it is for us to
recognize and celebrate
our heroes and she-roes!”
Maya Angelou
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2. Maya Angelou (Poet and Novelist)
“I love to see a
young girl go out
and grab the
world by the
lapels.
Life's a bitch.
You've got to go
out and kick ass”
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3. Melody Beattie
(Self-help American Author)
“Let go of what you think you know. Step inside.
Look around. It’s okay if you can’t figure things
out. Shhh. Listen to the secret: the more you’re
willing to surrender control, the more powerful
you’ll become.
Welcome to the mystery of life”
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4. Eleanor Roosevelt
(American First Lady 1935-1945)
“You gain strength, courage,
and confidence by every
experience in which you
really stop to look fear in the
face.
You must do the thing which
you think you cannot do”
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5. Jane Campion (New Zealand Film Director)
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“I would love to see
more women
directors because
they represent half
of the population –
and gave birth to
the whole world”

6. Oprah Winfrey (American Talk Show Host)
“Follow your instincts.
That’s where true wisdom
manifests itself”
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7. Lillian Gilbreth
(Known as the Mother of Modern
Management
and the First Lady of Engineering)
The first woman member of the
American Society of Mechanical
Engineers
The first woman elected to the
National Academy of Engineering
The first female engineering professor
in 1935.
She received, in total, 22 honorary
degrees
Was a mother of twelve children…..
And with all that, she managed to put
11 children through college
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8. Dr Pamela Connolly (Psychologist)
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“Listening to
inner feelings
and fulfilling
some of these
urges when they
come along is
incredibly
important”

9. Rosa Parks
In December 1955, she refused to
give up her seat to a white man. She
was arrested, and this arrest
triggered the Montgomery bus
boycott and ignited the American
civil rights movement.
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“I would like to be known
as a person who is
concerned about freedom
and equality and justice
and prosperity for all
people”

10. Germaine Greer
(Feminist Writer and Academic)
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“Developing the muscles
of the soul demands no
competitive spirit, no
killer instinct, although it
may erect pain barriers
that the spiritual athlete
must crash through”

11. Mother Theresa (Nobel Peace Prize Winner)
“We can do no great
things,
only small things
with great love”
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12. Helen Keller (Deaf and blind American Author and
Lecturer)
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13. Louise L Hay (American Self-Help Author)
“You Can Heal Your Life”
“Believe in yourself and all that
you are. Know that there is
something inside you that is
greater than any obstacle”
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14. Bette Davis (Actress)
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“I'd marry again if I
found a man who
had fifteen million
dollars, would sign
over half to me, and
guarantee that he'd
be dead within a
year”

15. Sinead O’Connor (Irish Singer/Songwriter)
“Nothing Compares 2 U”
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16. Meryl Streep (Actress and Three-times Oscar Winner)
“Integrate what you
believe in every single
area of your life. Take
your heart to work and
ask the most and best
of everybody else,
too”
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17. Katharine Hepburn (Actress)
“Sometimes I wonder
if men and women
really suit each other.
Perhaps they should
live next door and just
visit now and then”
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18. Martina Navratilova (Tennis Player
Winner of 18 Grand Slam Titles)
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“I think the key
is for women not
to set any limits”

19. St Joan Of Arc 1412-1431 (Saint and National Heroine of France
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“One life is all we have
and we live it as we
believe in living it. But
to sacrifice what you
are and to live without
belief, that is a fate
more terrible than
dying”
“One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrifice what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying.”

20. Maureen O’Hara (Actress “The Quiet Man”)
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“One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrifice what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying.”
“Above all else,
deep in my soul,
I'm a tough
Irishwoman”

21. God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot
change
Courage to change the
things I can, and
Wisdom to know the
difference
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22. “Slow down. Breathe. Feel your way through.
You know how to take care of yourself when
you don’t know what’s next. You’ve been in
that situation many times”
Melody Beattie (Choices)
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23. Happy International Women’s Day…..
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To all of you xox

24. compiled by Dee Rooney March 2012 24
Newcastle, Co Down Northern Ireland
where the Mountains of Mourne sweep down to the sea ….my hometown!