For All of the Strong Women Around Us...

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When we think of strong women, Eleanor Roosevelt's name pops into the minds of many of us.  She said many things that we can remember and enjoy. 

She said, "A woman is like a teabag-you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water."

And "I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered.  But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue:  no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall."

All of us have had a moment of doubt about our abilities. Roosevelt commented, "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."

And for all  of the grandmothers, mothers, aunts, godmothers, and friends of young families everywhere:
 
"I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity

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(Thanks to Jerra and Joan D. for reminding us that there are strong women all around us and that our history is fortunate to count Eleanor Roosevelt among them.)