You voted for my admission to your medical college as a joke. I became the first woman to receive a degree as MD from an American college, Elizabeth Blackwell.
I worked as a teacher for nine years to save enough money to attend Oberlin College. I was a talented speaker but women were not allowed to participate in public debating. The college asked me to write the commencement address for my graduating class, but they asked a man to give the address not me, Lucy Stone.
I was first in my class at Columbia and one of nine women in my Harvard Law School class. After I graduated from Harvard I found out that women were not hired by most law firms. During my legal career I fought against gender bias in the workplace. I am the second woman to become a Supreme Court Justice of the United States, Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
I was the first student ever to be a speaker at a Wellesley College graduation ceremony. I was one of 27 women in my Yale Law School graduating class. I said, “human rights are women’s rights and women’s rights are human rights..” I want to be the first woman to be President of the United States, Hillary Clinton.
This post is based on true stories. I am inspired by the possibility of having a woman President. Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers is hosted by Priceless Joy.
Excellent Deborah! I enjoyed learning about these women!
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Thanks so much, Joy. The image inspired me about girl’s aspirations. 🙂
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I can see that and it turned into an awesome “story!”
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Thank You. 🙂
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My pleasure!
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Fantastic, Deborah! I think we were thinking along the same lines today. My post is about women in history, too. 😊
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Thank You so much, Tanya. Great minds think alike. 🙂
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😊💛
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Interesting read and great take on the prompt.
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Thank You very much, JC. 🙂
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I really loved this take Deborah. Woman through the decades becoming educated, finding knowledge is power, yet fighting their way through the issues of gender-equality. I would like to think we’ve gotten better in many ways as a society And I do hope too, the US has its first women President. I think she will do fine, and have a good ‘first man’ to help guide her too. As well, she is the only thing standing btw a certain Donald Trump and the presidency and I’m extremely scared some people will be dumb enough to vote for him. Wonderful piece. Inspiring!
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Thank you very much, Mandibelle. 🙂
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Inspirational stories, Deborah!
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Yes, Thank You Anna. I have been reading more about some of these women and they are inspiring. 🙂
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Nicely done!
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Thank You very much, Dan.
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Nicely done. I can see your putting the arms back on the young girl!
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Yes, I think her arms are getting put back! Thank You. 🙂
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lovely to read about strong inspirational women , some of these i have not heard of before, a really good post!
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Thank You, glad to shine a bit of light on these women. 🙂
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Thank you for the brief snippets of women wanting to make their mark in the world and be appreciated without bias.
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Reading about these women and others is pretty inspiring. I was aiming for illustrating a theme that ran through the history, of aspirations many times denied or achieved with great struggle. And then maybe some progress. 🙂
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Especially liked the one from Elizabeth Blackwell. It is the ridicule that is most difficult to fight. Great write.
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Yes, it is amazing to me that this was the attitude toward women’s education then. Thank You very much. 🙂
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Woaa…..very, very and very interesting and puzzling post.
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It is based on women’s history in the US. 🙂
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