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title: "3 Women Activists Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [“Most important, Kennedy's commission encouraged women activists on both the state and federal levels to develop networks and to talk seriously about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-t-patterson/most-important-kennedy-s-commission-encouraged-women-activists-on/)

[James T. Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-t-patterson/)

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> [There was a time when women activists asked men to stand up for their rights. But this time we will do it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malala-yousafzai/there-was-a-time-when-women-activists-asked-men-to-stand-up-for-their/)

[Malala Yousafzai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malala-yousafzai/)

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> [“The timing of this sudden interest in the plight of Iraqi women cannot be overemphasized. For decades, many Iraqi women activists in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadje-al-ali/the-timing-of-this-sudden-interest-in-the-plight-of-iraqi-women/)

[Nadje Al-Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadje-al-ali/)

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