The only way to make sure people you agree with can speak is to support the rights of people you don't agree with. There are not many males, black or white, who wish to get involved with a woman who's committed to her own development. Technique is what you fall back on when you run out of inspiration. The road knows where you are going. Equality is not when a female Einstein gets promoted to assistant professor.
Equality is when a female schlemiel moves ahead as fast as a male schlemiel.
Do the best you can in every task, no matter how unimportant it may seem at the time. No one learns more about a problem than the person at the bottom. The more education a woman has, the wider the gap between men's and women's earnings for the same work. The better we feel about ourselves, the fewer times we have to knock somebody else down to feel tall. No one can dub you with dignity.