"Women's participation is more than words to take action."

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“The simplicity of the generous gesture can give a joy of living to those who need it so much.”

“Humanity has its weaknesses, and woman is perhaps the weakness of man!”

“If children find life hard, they find that the family still has its good side.”

“It's not men's places that women claim, but their own place in a modern society.”

“Funny time when most of the poor and disinherited parts of the world could live what the other party leaves on his plate ... And we continue to sing the joy, the peace, the love ... do we really believe?”

“Smile to life this morning and be assured, ma'am, that this life will make you smile. The present belongs to the optimists.”

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Music1977

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Science1898–1991

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Art1876–1907

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