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= The Power of a Woman = = “The singular prosperity and growing strength of [Americans] ought mainly to be attributed, I should reply–to the superiority of their women” = -- Alexis de Tocqueville



Women used to have to conform to the duties of a wife...

But have American women always been weak? Subservient? Not according to our literature!

Women have always been strong willed and replete with moral fiber. 



"Her hazel eyes seemed to have experienced all possible tragedy and to have mounted pain and suffering like steps into a high calm and a superhuman understanding. She seemed to know, to accept, to welcome her position, the citadel of the family, the strong place that could not be taken” -- John Steinbeck, //The Grapes of Wrath//

 "They said that [the A] meant Able; so strong was Hester Prynne, with a woman’s strength." -- Nathaniel Hawthorne, //The Scarlet Letter// 

 "I never realized until lately that women were supposed to be the inferior sex." -- Katherine Hepburn

"I'm Just a Girl" -- No Doubt media type="youtube" key="Ygqew4RxIg8" height="344" width="425"

“I never could figure out why men thought they could impress a woman by making the world out to be such a big dangerous deal…we’ve got to live in the exact same world every damn day”  -- Taylor Greer, //The Bean Trees//



See? The message has always been clear. Whether said by a teenage girl from Kentucky or a famously strong willed achetress... that message still holds true.

Now looking at our world today, we have almost had our first woman president: We are moving one step closer every day. The strength of the American woman will continue to grow.

Reflection on the strength of American women

The Call for Change