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I'm constantly saying to myself, 'I'm lucky I was born in the United States.

Melinda Gates

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Melinda Gates
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: August 15
Businessperson
Entrepreneur
Organizational Founder
Patron Of The Arts
Philanthropist
Dallas
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Melinda Ann French
Melinda French Gates
Melinda Ann Gates
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In places like India with smartphones, there's an app now for women if they're in a violent situation, they can press one button. They've given their cell-phone number to five trusted friends, and right away their GPS location goes out: Here I am.
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If you don't have an effective teacher in front of the classroom, you won't change the trajectory for students.
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When we invest in women and girls, we are investing in the people who invest in everyone else.
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If you don't invest in the woman, empower her, give her the things she needs to lift her family up, you're just not going to make the progress that you want to make. But if you put her at the centre, you can change a lot for that family, and it has ripple effects through the economy.
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