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As There Were No Black Founding Fathers, There Were No Founding Mothers - A Great Pity, On Both Counts.

I Was The First American Citizen To Be Elected To Congress In Spite Of The Double Drawbacks Of Being Female And Having Skin Darkened By Melanin. When You Put It That Way, It Sounds Like A Foolish Reason For Fame. In A Just And Free Society It Would Be Foolish. That I Am A National Figure Because I Was The First Person In 192 Years To Be At Once A Congressman, Black And A Woman Proves, I Think, That Our Society Is Not Yet Either Just Or Free.

Laws Will Not Eliminate Prejudice From The Hearts Of Human Beings. But That Is No Reason To Allow Prejudice To Continue To Be Enshrined In Our Laws - To Perpetuate Injustice Through Inaction.

Defeat Should Not Be The Source Of Discouragement, But A Stimulus To Keep Plotting.

Don't List To Those Who Say You Can't. Listen To The Voice Inside Yourself That Says, I Can.