Mary Baldwin College
| www.mbc.edu Staunton, VA May 20, 2007 |
Carole Levin, Willa Cather Professor of History, University of Nebraska, and Fellow, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington DC: |
"What a woman wants most is autonomy, the right to make decisions about her life. And I think that is what we all — women and men — want — the right to make decisions about our lives and the ability to carry them out. So I wish for all of you satisfying love and work, and the ability to mold your lives as you want them. |
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I want to end by quoting Susan B. Anthony, a leader of the movement for women's right to vote. She claimed that: ‘Failure is impossible.’ For all of you, my congratulations on your graduating, and remember, failure is impossible." |
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