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• "There is a special place in Hell reserved for women who do not help other women."

  ~ Madeline Allbright, former US Secretary of State

• "How anyone who has seen the effect of the women's interest upon public affairs could believe in dictators, I can't conceive."

  ~ Nancy Astor, first woman MP

• "In societies where men are truly confident of their own worth, women are not merely tolerated but valued."

  ~ Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese democracy leader

• "When the Founding Fathers said 'we, the people', they did not mean me."

  ~ Condoleeza Rice, former US Secretary of State

• "I know from my own experience that there is no limit to what women can do."

  ~ Michelle Bachelet, former president of Chile

• "One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done."

  ~ Marie Curie, scientist, first woman Nobel prize winner