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# Marion Kirkland Reid

Marion Kirkland Reid (25 March 1815 – 9 March 1902) was a Scottish feminist writer, notable for her A Plea for Woman which was first published in 1843 in Edinburgh by William Tait, then published in the United States in 1847, 1848, 1851, and 1852 as Woman, her Education and Influence under the name of Mrs. Hugo Reid. She was a member of the Ladies National Association for the Repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts.

## Quotes
### A Plea for Woman (1843)

* We shall be disposed to acknowledge that woman's influence has been sufficient to obtain her justice, when it has obtained for her ... perfectly just and equal rights with the other sex. When this is the case, we shall expect to see each woman wakened up into a sense of her individual responsibilities and duties: finding herself no longer classed with children and idiots, we may reasonably expect to see her rousing herself up, and applying, with renewed energy, to all her duties ...
** Ch. 2
** Cf. Catherine Carswell, "I have found that men, ..."
* No pure and noble-minded woman can long love affectionately, and submit passively to, a vicious and dissipated, — or even to a good and virtuous tyrant, — without having her own mind greatly deteriorated.
** Ch. 3
* To leave the liberty of one-half of the human race at the mercy of the convenience of the other, amounts to an annihilation of the rights of that half.
** Ch. 5
* ... are puddings and pies, roasting and boiling, dusting and washing, or even the rearing and educating her children, so entirely to engross her attention, that her heart and mind can never expand beyond her own little domestic circle? Nay, if her mind never does so expand, will she be able properly to regulate the concerns even of that little circle?
** Ch. 6
* The grand plea for woman sharing with man all the advantages of education is, that every rational being is worthy of cultivation, for his or her own individual sake. The first object in the education of every mind ought to be its own development.
** Ch. 10
** Cf. Frances Wright, "Oh! then, let us gird up our minds in courage, ..."
* ... the influence of woman — where any freedom of social intercourse is allowed between the sexes — is highly favourable to civilisation. She advances refinement and civilisation, and is, in turn, advanced by them.
** Ch. 11
* ... if we take politics in the large and high sense in which it stands for patriotism and philanthropy, the assertion that an interest in it is out of place in the breast of the very gentlest of her sex, — in other words, that it is improper and unbecoming in a woman to take a deep interest in the affairs of her country and of humanity, — is made with more boldness and confidence, than regard to reason and truth.
** Ch. 11

## External links

* Angela Cran; David Robertson (eds.), Dictionary of Scottish Quotations (Mainstream Publishing, 1996), p. 280
# Edmund of Abingdon

Edmund of Abingdon (also known as Edmund Rich, St Edmund of Canterbury, Edmund of Pontigny, French: St Edme; c. 1174 – 16 November 1240) was an English Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Canterbury. He became a respected lecturer in mathematics, dialectics and theology at the Universities of Paris and Oxford, promoting the study of Aristotle.

## Quotes
### Disputed

* Nou goth sonne under wode,— Me reweth, Marie, thi faire Rode. Nou goth sonne under tre,— Me reweth, Marie, thi sone and the.
** "Sunset on Calvary" [Bodl. MS. Arch. Selden 74, f.55v], in Carleton Fairchild Brown (ed.), English Lyrics of the XIIIth Century (1932), p. 1

## External links

* Encyclopedic article on Edmund of Abingdon on Wikipedia
# Rosemary Karuga

Rosemary Namuli Karuga (19 June 1928 – 9 February 2021) was a Kenyan visual artist.In 2017, she was named Artist of the Month by the National Museums of Kenya. She is known to be the first woman artist to have studied at Makerere University.

## Quotes

** "Some People might like my art but they only felt it was worth pennies, so we artists have remained poor as a consequence"
** "All I had to work with were the paper jackets of Rexona soap and Unga floor"
https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/lifestyle/art/rosemary-karuga-s-art-remains-immortal-3319836
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# Lucy Anin

Lucy Anin (born 13 June 1939) is a Ghanaian politician. She was a member of parliament representing the Brong Ahafo Region from 1960 to 1965 and the member of parliament for the Bechem constituency from 1965 to 1966.

## Quotes

* I joined the commercial bank for a while and straight to the parliament,so I was 23 years when I became a parliament
** Exclusive interview with Lucy Anin
* The Ghana today there is so much confusion.What I would say is unless we change our 1992 constitution because this constitution has Soo many flaws, in this constitution and This constitution was imposed on the people of Ghana a long period of terror by PNDC and NDC rule. So it is not a constitution for the people ,I would call it JJRolins constitution.
** Exclusive interview with Lucy Anin
* That constitution when it was first drafted that is 1992 it was a legalized clause
** Exclusive interview with Lucy Anin
* We shouldn't legalize coup if we are talking about civilian government,we need to change this present constitution which people have taken advantage and taken all the state enterprises ,the state footwears ,the state decision cooperation,we used to have GNDC chain of stores which is where we get made in Ghana goods .
** Exclusive interview with Lucy Anin
* Independence [for Ghana] means we are a new state not under somebody ,you are independent,you can make your own decisions,you don't have to let someone decide for you.
** Reshaping Ghana's destiny demands discipline
* Nowadays when you go to schools you ask them [school children] even about our own history they don't know about it and yet they are learning history about their countries.
** Reshaping Ghana's destiny demands discipline
* We need to change it [constitution] because the constitution with the indemnity clauses covered people who have looted this country
** Reshaping Ghana's destiny demands discipline
* I'm saying that we need to change the indemnity clause in the 1992 Constitution,how can you legalize coup?.
** Reshaping Ghana's destiny demands discipline
* If we don't change the constitution you can never put anybody before court for the pillage that is why I'm saying we can't stop corruption because people are covered with indemnity clause in our constitution.
** Reshaping Ghana's destiny demands discipline
* We are so blessed and we should have been exporting a lot of farm products instead of importing ,we can produce enough food if we put our minds on it.
** Reshaping Ghana's destiny demands discipline
# Lily Appiah

Lily Appiah was a Ghanaian politician in the first republic. She was the member of parliament for the Nsawam-Aburi constituency from 1965 to 1966.

## Quotes

* The higher you want to climb ,the more you need leadership.the greater the impact you want to make,the greater your influence needs to be .
* Oh what a happy day !!!!! on the first of January 2013 .2013 is a year of victory and many more blessings from God
* God's son Jesus Christ,became human in order to help us become Godlike in our dealings with other humans.This is the spirit of the season. Merry eand a prosperous New year
* Ayariga is really a disgrace to Ghanaian politics.
* Where are the true leaders today?
* Your friendsgip will be very important to someone today ,so give yourself time to be a good friend]
# Ruth Mompati

Ruth Mompati (14 September 1925 – 12 May 2015) was a South African politician and a founding member of the Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) in 1954. Mompati was one of the leaders of the Women's March on 9 August 1956.

## Quotes

* "Apartheid will not put us down. It will not make us look like we are oppressed. We are going to defy it."
** Ruth Mompati SABC Interview
* "I wanted them to see that I was as good as any of them, and that's how our women did. We were women of determination. Women of intent. Women who were prepared to go to any lengths so that we can win our own freedom. "
** Ruth Mompati SABC Interview
* "We are here! Not because the men say so or not because somebody has done us a favour, but because we were there when it was fought for and we were part of the fight for freedom."
** Ruth Mompati SABC Interview
* "With all the difficulties, it was a life well-lived. If I had to do it again, I'd do exactly the same thing."
** Ruth Mompati SABC Interview
* "I'd like to be remembered as a cadre of the African National Congress (ANC), a cadre who was called and answered. A cadre who carried out the commands and instructions of the African National Congress up to the end."
** Ruth Mompati SABC Interview

### Mme Ruth Mompati: A Life of Courage and Service (2023)

The book Mme Ruth Mompati: A Life of Courage and Service is written by poet, novelist, political activist and ANC Member of Parliament, Mongane Wally Serote (b. 1944). It is a biographical book that pays tribute to the life of Ruth Mompati.
* Mme Ruth Mompati: A Life of Courage and Service
** Mme Ruth Mompati: A Life of Courage and Service

## Quotes about person/work

* “Mme Ruth dedicated her entire life to the struggle and was a champion for the poor. We are saddened by her untimely death, however we are grateful for the contribution she made to help bring about transformation and democracy in South Africa,”
[https://www.gov.za/news/media-statements/premier-david-makhura-pays-tribute-struggle-stalwart-dr-ruth-mompati-12-may

## External links

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# Lizz Njagah

Elizabeth Anne Achieng' Njagah (born 26 December) known as Lizz Njagah, is a Kenyan actress, film director and producer. Born and raised in Nairobi, Lizz is the seventh born among 10 siblings. Her mother died years later and her aunt took over as their guardian.

## Quotes

** "Growing up in a family where we were always encouraged to pursue our dreams made it safe for me to express mine."
** "In the past, making a living off performing arts in Kenya was hard but now many actors do"
** "I'm very critical of my work, always looking for ways to better myself"
https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/lifestyle/society/kenyan-actress-makes-a-big-screen-debut-in-lagos--2007224
** "With luck, its about being at the right place at the right time and being ready for opportunities because many people have talent but aren't exposed to the opportunities"
https://nation.africa/kenya/life-and-style/buzz/one-on-one-liz-njagah-on-acting-career-marriage-and-pregnancy-1129108
# Agnes Pareyio

Agnes Pareyio (born 24 June 1956) is a Maasai Kenyan women's rights activist, politician, founder, and director of the Tasaru Ntomonok Rescue Center for Girls, an organization that campaigns against female genital cutting. Pareyio was named United Nations in Kenya Person of the Year in 2005, for her work towards gender equality and women's empowerment.

## Quotes

** “When we come together our voices are heard, today all of us in this room play a role in ending FGM in our communities."
** "I promised myself, on the day my vagina was mutilated, that I would never let another girl be mutilated."
** "When women stand up and defend themselves, it works."
** https://www.onebillionrising.org/27-many-also-sign-revolution-agnes-pareyio/**

## External links

* Authority control: WorldCat search
# Olive Mugenda

Olive Mwihaki Mugenda (Born 1956) is a Kenyan academic, researcher and academic administrator.

## Quotes

** If all leaders wrote books you can imagine how much the resource for other leaders who are coming behind us.
** she launched her book, Building Blocks For Institutional Transformation, which is an account of her work experience , challenges, and her successes in her years in leadership on May 26, 2018.

## External links

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# Emilio Carlos Berlie Belaunzarán

Emilio Carlos Berlie Belaunzarán (4 November 1939) is a Mexican prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the bishop of the Diocese of Tijuana and as the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Yucatán.

## Quotes

* This is not the world as we know it with just another "tool," it is rather a world somehow culturally redefined by the new technologies.
** Brothers in the New Technologies (3 May 1998) National Catholic Register
# The Fishermen

The Fishermen is the debut novel by Nigerian author Chigozie Obioma, published in 2015. The novel follows four brothers in a quiet neighbourhood of a Nigerian town, who were given a violent prophecy which shakes their family to the core.

## Quotes

* I must have my pound of flesh and you must all join me in this because you caused it.
* Ikenna (chapter 4: The Python paragraph 4)
* Importance: Ikenna uses the lashes his father gave him to manipulate his brothers into joining him in getting revenge against the neighbor who told on them for going to the river.
* M.K.O., you are beautiful beyond description, Too marvelous for words, The most wonderful of all creatures,Like nothing never seen nor heard.Who can touch your infinite wisdom?Who can fathom the depths of your love?M.K.O., you are beautiful beyond description.Your majesty is enthroned above.
* Ikenna, Boja, Obembe, and Ben (chapter 5: The Metamorphosis paragraph 1)
* Importance: The boys sing this song and get the attention of M.K.O. as he is campaigning. He brings them up front at his political rally and awards them scholarships.
* We did it. We avenged them
* Ike and Boja.Obembe (chapter 16 paragraph 9)
* Importance: Obembe was finally satisfied that the deaths of his brothers...

## External links

bookrags
# Marjaneh Bakhtiari

Marjaneh Bakhtiari (born 1980 in Tehran - Iran) is an Iranian author living in Sweden.

## Quotes

* You truly are an extraordinary man, Mr Sandeen. Nobody I know counts weeks. That is absolutely marvelous.
** Kalla det vad fan du vill, Finland 2005, p. 85
# Shaparak Khorsandi

Shaparak Khorsandi (born 1973), who performed as Shappi Khorsandi before 2021, is an Iranian-born British comedian. Her family emigrated to the UK following the 1979 Iranian Revolution.

## Quotes
### Live at the Apollo (Series 4 Episode 2, December 2008)

* I don't know if I would have been a stand-up comedian in Iran because, as you know, the government advocates free speech... but there's no freedom after you've spoken... It gets a bit deathy.
* My little sister, she got me on Facebook because I was on MySpace: "No, no, no. You don't want to be on MySpace, you want to be on Facebook!" So I joined both. But I keep muddling them up, so I keep asking people to come on MyFace. Still, eighty thousand friends!
* I'm actually going on holiday to India next month, and I wanted to know what the weather was gonna be like there, so I phoned my bank.

## External links

* Human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
# Porochista Khakpour

Porochista Khakpour (born January 17, 1978) is an Iranian American novelist, essayist and writer.

## Quotes

* Estrangement is a constant theme in all of my work. The thing that makes it really difficult is people will look at me and not understand why I feel like an outsider, or why I couldn’t belong in all kind of circumstances. I’m one of those people who visually presents as whoever you want—whatever ethnicity or race is predominant. For me, the challenge is always figuring out what people’s assumptions are, and how I can actually take up space against their assumptions. Because they’re almost always wrong about who I am. That’s a hard thing to get used to in America…
** On how the theme of estrangement still applied to her memoir Sick in “Porochista Khakpour: ‘This Was the Sort of Book You Write to Stay Alive’ in Bookish (2018 Jun 8)
* When I first started writing, it was much more important for me to appeal to academic audiences or an imagined high-art literary audience. The older I get, the more important it is for me to communicate with everyone and anyone. Right now to me, America is in a crisis of constant misunderstandings. Some of it is willful ignorance, but some of it is not willful and it requires people to explain things…
** On how her writing has evolved in “Porochista Khakpour: ‘This Was the Sort of Book You Write to Stay Alive’ in Bookish (2018 Jun 8)
* We have a really shamefully horrid healthcare system, and I think that’s part of it. It’s much more convenient to think these people are just crazy, or it’s in their heads. It’s a very real thing; I don’t know of anyone who doubts it any more. Occasionally I encounter people that do. I’m astounded at their wilful ignorance; it’s not actual ignorance.
** On writing a book that addressed America’s healthcare system in “Porochista Khakpour, author of Sick: ‘It’s more convenient to treat patients as crazy’” in The Guardian (2018 Jul 28)
* I like ghosts as a metaphor for the outsider. I wish they were real; that would be my preferred afterlife plan. I'd love to observe and haunt with little involvement—I guess that's what being a writer is.
** On the appearance of ghosts in Sick in “'THIS BOOK KEPT ME ALIVE': A CONVERSATION WITH POROCHISTA KHAKPOUR” in Pacific Standard (2018 Jun 5)
# Taraneh Javanbakht

Taraneh Javanbakht (born 1974) is an Iranian-Canadian scientist, philosopher, Artist, writer, poet, translator, literary critic, peer reviewer, Editor, and human rights activist.

## Quotes

* The persons who are interested in the life of ancient polymaths, devote their life to learn and innovate in sciences, arts, and the transfer of their knowledge to the Iranians and the other nations.
* The human rights activity is not the ordinary but the canonical duty of thinkers and artists and they should take it into their consideration.
* Science, philosophy, literature and art do not have any value if the ones who are active in these fields keep silence about the executions.
* Being involved in sciences or various arts is not a reason for neglecting the causes of social problems.
* Every knowledge in which the reason is involved is not a rational knowledge. It means that any knowledge because the reason is involved in it cannot be considered as a rational knowledge. In a rational knowledge, it is necessary that in addition to the existence of reason, the judgment of reason about the thing that is to be known should be consistent with the reason and be rational. It is also necessary that the result of this knowledge be rational so that we consider that knowledge a rational knowledge (the necessary and sufficient conditions for rational knowledge).

## Notes

* ↑ Gooyanews website, 2010
* ↑ Gooyanews website, 2014
* ↑ Gooyanews website, 2015
* ↑ Committee of human rights reporters, 2011
* ↑ Great Islamic Encyclopedia website, 2016

## References

* Gooyanews website, 2010
* Gooyanews website, 2014
* Gooyanews website, 2015
* Committee of human rights reporters, 2011
* Great Islamic Encyclopedia website, 2016
# Shirin Ebadi

Shirin Ebadi (born 21 June 1947) is an Iranian lawyer and human rights activist. On December 10, 2003, Ebadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, becoming the first Iranian and the first Muslim woman to receive the prize.

## Quotes

* Any person who pursues human rights in Iran must live with fear from birth to death, but I have learned to overcome my fear.
** From 1999 interview.
** Noted in the October 2003 BBC News profile of Ebadi. (retrieved Oct. 15, 2008)
* In the last 23 years, from the day I was stripped of my judgeship to the years of doing battle in the revolutionary courts of Tehran, I had repeated one refrain: an interpretation of Islam that is in harmony with equality and democracy is an authentic expression of faith. It is not religion that binds women, but the selective dictates of those who wish them cloistered. That belief, along with the conviction that change in Iran must come peacefully and from within, has underpinned my work.
** Iran Awakening: A Memoir of Revolution and Hope, Random House, 2006, p.204.
* In my memoir, I wanted to introduce American women to Iranian women and our lives. I'm not from the highest echelons of society, nor the lowest. I'm a women who is a lawyer, who is a professor at a university, who won the Nobel Peace Prize. At the same time, I cook. And even when I'm about to go to prison, one of the first things I do is to make enough food and put it in the fridge for my family.
** From 2006 interview with Ebadi by New America Media editor Brian Shott (translator, Banafsheh Keynoush) about her newly released book, Iran Awakening: A Memoir of Revolution and Hope.
** New America Media, 2006. (retrieved Oct. 15, 2008)
* I compare my situation to a person on board a ship. When there is a shipwreck the passenger then falls in the ocean and has no choice but to keep swimming. What happened in our society was that the laws overturned every right that women had. I had no choice. I could not get tired, I could not lose hope. I cannot afford to do that.
** From 2006 interview with Ebadi by Harry Kreisler (translator, Banafsheh Keynoush) about her newly released book, Iran Awakening: A Memoir of Revolution and Hope.
** From May 10 2006 interview with Ebadi at Institute of International Studies, University of California, Berkeley. (retrieved Oct. 15, 2008)
* I, who have defended many prisoners of conscience such as the seven imprisoned Baha'i leaders and others, would face unacceptable restrictions on my human rights work if I returned to Iran, if I were not arrested, now my own lawyer - who also represents many other activists - is detained, and her lawyer has been threatened with arrest for defending her. Where is the justice if your lawyer is arrested for defending you?
** About the arrest of Nasrin Sotoudeh. Iran: Lawyers' defence work repaid with loss of freedom. Human Rights Watch (1 October 2010). Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved on 26 April 2011.
# Sepideh Qolian

Sepideh Qolian (born September 23, 1994) is an Iranian leftist political activist, rusticated veterinary student and journalist.

## Quotes

* Even if instead of me and Ismail, you put all five thousand Hafttepe workers in front of the camera and force them to confess with whips and batons, it will still not detract from the essence of the story that you are oppressors and corrupt.
** Radio Azadi quoted from her Twitter
* The beatings begin. His name is Ismail... he is an Arab... They ask him the name of the operation, he shouts in Arabic: I don't know, the tortures are getting more and more and the torturers are shouting "impure! Speak Persian." The sound of torture is so painful that it hurts me too.
** تیلاپیا خونِ هورالعظیم را هورت می‌کشد (Tilapia eats the blood of Hur-al-azim)

## External links

* "Sepideh Qolian" Autobiography profile - Iran Wire
# Bibi Khanoom Astarabadi

Bibi Khanoom Astarabadi was an Iranian women's rights activist.

## Quotes

* "Not every man is greater than every woman, nor every woman inferior to every man"
* "But to be fair, in any covenant and time and in any land and place, has it ever happened that someone was told "my darling…" and she replied "shut up"? If a man doesn't say thousands bad words to a woman and doesn't hurt her, that woman won't give an ugly answer even once."