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Tea Bags

Posted on April 30, 2013 by PennyColman

Tea bags:  The decoration on this card is a recycled tea bag hand painted in South Africa by formerly unemployed men and women from Imizamo Yethu, an informal settlement in Hout Bay, Cape Town. The words are Eleanor Roosevelt’s–”A woman … Continue reading →

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Susan B. Anthony

Posted on April 11, 2013 by PennyColman

“Nothing is worth the getting, if that has to be done by cunning, falsehood, deception. Whether it be wealth, position, office or the society of one we love, if we have to steal it, though it may be sweet and … Continue reading →

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“To the extent . . .” Margaret Mead

Posted on March 25, 2013 by PennyColman

“To the extent that either sex is disadvantaged, the whole culture is poorer, and the sex that, superficially, inherits the earth, inherits only a very partial legacy. The more whole the culture, the more whole each member, each man, each … Continue reading →

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Words of Wisdom from Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Posted on March 12, 2013 by PennyColman

Words of wisdom from Elizabeth Cady Stanton: “The happiest people I have known have been those who gave themselves no concern about their own souls, but did their uttermost  to mitigate the miseries of others.”

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Louisa May Alcott

Posted on February 1, 2013 by PennyColman
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