Too often the great decisions are originated and given form in bodies …

Eleanor Roosevelt
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Too often the great decisions are originated and given form in bodies made up wholly of men, or so completely dominated by them that whatever of special value women have to offer is shunted aside without expression. ✨ Eleanor Roosevelt, Allida Mae Black (2013). Courage in a Dangerous World: The Political Writings of Eleanor Roosevelt, p.181, Columbia University Press
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