Bus driver Quote by Claudette Colvin

[Harriet Tubman] spoke passionately about her parents, her friends, shared stories about her childhood - learning about all these elements and aspects of her…

— Aisha Hinds

We learned about people like Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Booker T. Washington and Marian Anderson. Harriet Tubman was my favorite.

— Claudette Colvin

I think of Harriet Muse as one fierce lady. She couldn't read. She had no education. She did labor her whole life. And she…

— Beth Macy

“I observed the woman I had been up until then: weak but trying to give the impression of strength. Fearful of everything but telling…

— Paulo Coelho

“How I longed to tell her about Harriet--but somehow I could not. The grief in the room belonged to Porcelain and I realized, almost…

— Alan Bradley

“Just keep it simple, Alice Faye. Remember how you taught yourself. Nothing’s different just because you’re on a yacht, or wearing a fancy dress.…

— Elle Lothlorien

“She was white, wore perfume and smiled openly with the Negro customers, so I knew she was sophisticated. Other people's sophistication tended to make…

— Maya Angelou

“what she did during her lifetime but in the meaning of her life, the inspiration she gave to others, particularly women, to search for…

— Andrew Morton

“I wanted to be Emma Goldman. I wanted to digest Doris Lessing’s Golden Notebooks like biscuits. I felt like Harriet the Spy, looking for…

— Susie Bright

“They prided themselves on being honest with each other, but they were women. Sometimes they put protecting feelings above the truth. Or looking self-sufficient…

— Wendy Wax

“Sometimes I felt like the mundane details of our lives were the only things tethering me to the world. I could hold onto them…

— T. Greenwood

“She was not an unkind woman, despite a lifetime of being gently dried out on the stove of education, but she was conscientious and…

— Terry Pratchett