In 1960, when I graduated from college, people told me a woman couldn't go to law school. And when I graduated from law school, people told me, 'Law firms won't hire you.'
Interpretation
The quote highlights the challenges women faced in pursuing careers in law and the resilience required to overcome societal barriers.
Janet Reno's quote reflects the societal skepticism and obstacles women encountered in the 1960s when trying to enter male-dominated fields like law. Despite being told repeatedly that they could not succeed or find employment, her determination and courage led her to break through these barriers, showcasing the necessity of resilience in the face of discrimination.
In practice
This quote can be used in a graduation speech to inspire young women pursuing their dreams.
My mother taught us to play baseball, to bake a cake, to play fair - she beat the living daylights out of us sometimes, and she loved us with all her heart; she taught her favorite poets, and there is no child care in the world that will ever be a substitute for what that lady was in our life.
Stereotypes should never influence policy or public opinion.
The V sign is the symbol of the unconquerable will of the occupied territories, and a portent of the fate awaiting the Nazi tyranny.
I'm grateful for rain because, when I was kidnapped, that meant that I had something to drink.
I've been in this struggle for many years now. I understand racism. I understand that there are a lot of people in this country who don't care about the problems of the inner city. We have to fight every day that we get up for every little thing that we get. And so I keep struggling.
It's not the moutain we conquer but ourselves.
And at home in the United States we found continued and increased persecution, first of leaders of the Communist Party, and then of all honest anti-fascists.
We are asking the nations of Europe between whom rivers of blood have flowed to forget the feuds of a thousand years.
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