We are a great country, and I remind myself of that of every year, of every day, of every minute that I take a breath

Women have made outstanding progress throughout history securing their rights for voting and being equally paid and so on and so forth. Every day women continue to make contributions to our society, but there are places in this world where women still to this day are thought of as being lower than men. Every day a woman speaks up, another woman does the same, we are improving our society day by day. I understand that there will never be a “Perfect Society”, and I understand there will always be people who do not respect others because of their gender. But think how far we’ve come, from where we were. Our country has made us a strong nation to where others dream of coming to our land because of the rights we’ve gained and the equality between all nationalities; we are the United States of America where all men and women are created equal and where all ethnicities are equal in and amongst themselves. I’m proud to be a woman, and I’m proud to be an American where at least I know I’m free.
http://www.america.gov/st/diversity-english/2006/March/20060308161313amakteb0.4534571.html
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