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“The key to success doesn’t lie in hard work alone, but more often in believing we are capable.”
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“It would not be until 1979—when a stalwart young lawyer by the name of Mark Hough took on the case of the “Hello Girls”—that the women switchboard operators of World War I would be given the benefits and honors they had earned for their service. Of the 228 women who served as operators in the US Army Signal Corps, only 28 of them lived long enough to hear the verdict on their case.”
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“not Mrs. Sinclair or Mrs. Dewhurst.” Two of the”
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“You’re working with telephones, some of the most sophisticated equipment at the army’s disposal. I think you’ll manage to keep up with the times for a while yet.”
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“success is usually pretending you’re capable of doing something until you are.”
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“Even in 2018, women’s rights are still far from finished business. Compared to other countries in the Western world, the United States is behind the times in understanding that women’s rights truly are human rights.”
Aimie K. Runyan, Girls on the Line