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There are not many female role models to guide voters, and the tradition that a Southern woman's place is in the home still lingers in some quarters.
Madeleine M. Kunin
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Madeleine M. Kunin
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: September 28
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City of Zurich
Madeleine May Kunin
Madeleine Kunin
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We continue to blame the poor for their own condition. They are lazy. We do not want to know that the poorest of the poor are toddlers under three years of age.
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Women need to see ourselves as individuals capable of creating change. That is what political and economic power is all about: having a voice, being able to shape the future. Women's absence from decision-making positions has deprived the country of a necessary perspective.
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Money often determines not only who gets elected, but what gets done. Which voices do lawmakers listen to, the banks or home owners, coal companies, or asthma sufferers, the CEOs or the unemployed?
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Babies are smart. They can tell the difference between a responsive face and a blank face, wiped clean of emotion.
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Children refuse to compromise. Adults learn how.
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When all the world appears to be in a tumult, and nature itself is feeling the assault of climate change, the seasons retain their essential rhythm. Yes, fall gives us a premonition of winter, but then, winter, will be forced to relent, once again, to the new beginnings of soft greens, longer light, and the sweet air of Spring.
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If we are serious about providing upward mobility and building a skilled workforce, pre-school is the place to begin.
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To equate a corporation with a person is a travesty of justice.
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Inaction, contrary to its reputation for being a refuge, is neither safe nor comfortable.
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If months were marked by colors, November in New England would be colored gray.
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Life experience is not something to be denied, but to be celebrated.
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If we are to create a new agenda for family/work policies, employers and employees have to take a seat at the same table and recognize their mutual gains.
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Contradictory as it seems, malnutrition is a key contributor to obesity.
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When we mention the 1 percent and the 99 percent, everybody now knows what we are talking about. It's part of our vocabulary. How quickly these numbers jumped from the sidelines to the center.
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The best antidote to poverty remains simple - a paycheck. Policies like paid family leave, workplace flexibility and affordable quality childcare can make the difference for two-parent or single-parent working families who struggle to make ends meet.
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If being a woman is a factor politically, it's usually not because of a conscious bias, but because women are a novelty.
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When there is violence against any person in society, because he or she is different, it threatens us all. Only by speaking out are any of us safe.
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One is responsible for one's own life. Passivity provides no protection.
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