Disruptive Women in History

March is Women's History Month – commemorating and encouraging the study, observance and celebration of the vital role of women in history.

As we celebrate Women's History Month, the theme for 2022 is focused on "Providing Healing, Promoting Hope.”

Around here, the most hope-inspiring stories are those of the revolutionary women in history who use their lives to #WelcomeDisruption. Join us in honoring the badass change-makers who used their lives to change the world through their words of wisdom!

Cleopatra - “I will not be triumphed over.”

Sojourner Truth - “I will not allow my life's light to be determined by the darkness around me.”

Harriet Tubman - “There are two things I’ve got a right to, and these are, Death or Liberty – one or the other I mean to have.”

Madame CJ Walker - “Whatever success I have attained it has been the result of much hard work and many sleepless nights.”

Mae West - “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”

Ruth Bader Ginsberg - “Women belong in all places where decisions are being made.”

Bella Abzug - “Women have been trained to speak softly and carry a lipstick. Those days are over.”

Michelle Obama - “When they go low, we go high.”

Kamala Harris - “I’m still speaking.”

Maxine Waters - “Reclaiming my time.”

Sarah Blakey - “Be willing to make mistakes. The worst thing that can happen is you become memorable.”

Brene Brown - “If you aren’t in the arena also getting your ass kicked, I’m not interested in your feedback.”

Angela Davis - “I’m no longer accepting the things I cannot change…I am changing the things I can no longer accept.”

Mother Theresa - “Life is a challenge; we must take it.”

Gloria Steinem - “We are the women our parents warned us against, and we are proud.”