Just a Sister Away Quotes

“One of the best ways to get an idea of how a woman feels about being a woman is to take a look at how she treats other women.”
― Renita J. Weems, Just a Sister Away: Understanding the Timeless Connection Between Women of Today and Women in the Bible

“We always need to listen for the untold story.”
― Renita J. Weems, Just a Sister Away: Understanding the Timeless Connection Between Women of Today and Women in the Bible

“In the first place, owning slaves was not unique to ancient Hebrew culture. It was a common practice throughout the ancient world. Later, in the book of Exodus, we discover that the hands of power reversed: Hebrew women became slaves in the hands of Egyptian women. (It would become the responsibility of an Egyptian princess to come to the rescue of a Hebrew slave woman.) In other words, no race or culture has a monopoly on evil. At some point in its history, virtually every culture has, if not instituted slavery, profited from the bartering of human flesh.”
― Renita J. Weems, Just a Sister Away: Understanding the Timeless Connection Between Women of Today and Women in the Bible

“Wherever human worth and dignity are measured by purchasing power, there is always the problem of class prejudice.”
― Renita J. Weems, Just a Sister Away: Understanding the Timeless Connection Between Women of Today and Women in the Bible

“We have a responsibility to remember, celebrate, and come to the aid of those women who once gave of themselves on our behalf . . . We cannot afford to forget or trample on our feminine leaders of the past.”
― Renita J. Weems, Just a Sister Away: Understanding the Timeless Connection Between Women of Today and Women in the Bible