Women, on the other hand, had to wield their intellects like a scythe, hacking away against the stubborn underbrush of low expectations.

Margot Lee Shetterly
Women, on the other hand, had to wield their intellects...
Women, on the other hand, had to wield their intellects...
Women, on the other hand, had to wield their intellects...
Women, on the other hand, had to wield their intellects...
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In the book by Joanna Liddle, In Power: The Intimate Story of Hillary Rodham Clinton, she speaks about how Hillary Clinton had to fight against the low expectations that society had of women. When she was a girl, she was told that women did not have the strength of character to make it in a career of politics. She had to prove her detractors wrong and prove to herself that she could handle a job of such high expectations.

Source: Hidden Figures: The American Dream And The Untold Story Of The Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win The Space Race

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