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Soledad O’Brien
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Commencement Address at Spelman College - May 18, 2014
May 18, 2014
Good afternoon. It is an honor to be with the Class of 2014 on such a special and important day. I look out on you, graduates, and you embody for me my own hopes and dreams for my two young daughters, for our future. You're smart, you're accomplished, you're amazing. In the audience today among the graduates is a young woman whom I have known since she was in high school, and I am so proud that she is graduating today. But I'm doubly proud that she is a graduate […]
Samantha Power
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Commencement Address at Barnard College - May 17, 2015
May 17, 2015
Thank you Gerald Turner for being a great president of a great university and thank you trustees and the people who are so supportive sitting back here. And congratulations graduates of 2013. Good afternoon, President Spar, faculty, trustees, alumni, families and friends of the strong and beautiful Barnard graduates! Congratulations, class of 2015! Columbia grad Madeleine Albright has said, "It used to be that the only way a woman could truly make her foreign policy views felt was by marrying a diplomat, and then pouring tea on an offending ambassador's […]
Carly Fiorina
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Commencement Address at Stanford University - June 17, 2001
June 17, 2001
"The Process of Distillation: Getting to the essence of things" Thank you. Good morning, everyone. I'd like to echo President Hennessy in welcoming the parents and family and friends with us today … and in extending Happy Father's Day wishes to the fathers and father figures among us, in person, and in spirit. My own dad is in the audience this morning -- Dad, Happy Father's Day. … But much as we love you, dads, today is not about you. Today we gather to celebrate the accomplishments of this starry-eyed […]
Nancy Pelosi
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Commencement Address at Mills College - May 15, 2010
May 15, 2010
The Process of Distillation: Getting to the essence of things Remarks as prepared. Thank you, Congresswoman Barbara Lee. Barbara Lee is nationally recognized as an outstanding leader, a champion for social justice, and a proud alumna of Mills College. We are so proud that she’s the Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus – the conscience of the Congress. I would also like to thank President [Janet] Holmgren, a transformational leader at Mills for nearly 20 years. Thank you: Mills College Board of Trustees, faculty, staff, and friends, and the Oakland […]
Maya Angelou
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Commencement Address at Oberlin College - May 30, 1983
May 30, 1983
Mister President, Board of Trustees, faculty, students, families, friends of students, and particularly the distinguished graduating class of 1983, thank you. Mary Patterson was a member of the graduating class of 1862. She was the first black woman in America to receive the bachelor of arts degree. She received it here at Oberlin. So I want to speak to the graduating class of 1983 through the voice of Mary Jane Patterson, 1862. Quote : "The days were dark and nights darker still. Human souls shuddered at the war within and […]
Kamala Harris
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Commencement Address at Berkeley Law - May 11, 2012
May 11, 2012
As Prepared for Delivery Dean Edley, distinguished faculty, families and friends. Members of the Class of 2012. Congratulations! And what an experience you’ve had. No doubt, it was a team effort. Your family and loved ones—the people here in the audience—have stood by and supported you for these last 3 years. And they aren’t the only ones. Look around—the people sitting next to you now will be in your personal and professional lives for years to come. You are now part of an incredible tradition. A tradition built on shared […]
Kay Bailey Hutchison
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Commencement Address at Southern Methodist University - May 18, 2013
May 18, 2013
Thank you Gerald Turner for being a great president of a great university and thank you trustees and the people who are so supportive sitting back here. And congratulations graduates of 2013. SMU does hold a special place in my heart. It is my husband Ray’s alma mater, both undergraduate and Law School. We love the SMU traditions and we both serve on advisory boards here. SMU contributes to the excellence of American higher education. I have been thinking and speaking a lot about America in the last few days […]
Geraldine A Ferraro
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Wellesley College Commencement Address - May 31, 1985
May 31, 1985
New Doors, New Directions: Facing America’s challenges in a changing world Thank you, Dr. Keohane for that kind introduction I am very glad to be here in Wellesley this morning. I must say, it is wonderful to be in a place that already has a woman President. I understand that when Wellesley was founded, one fellow objected that “vigorous study will prove too strenuous for the feminine mind and condition.” I just want you to know I ran into a few of his relatives and they didn’t think a woman […]
Madeleine K Albright
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Commencement Address at Smith College - May 18, 2003
May 18, 2003
President Christ, Provost Bourque, Shelly Lazarus, distinguished faculty, parents, friends and members of the Class of 2003, good afternoon. I want to begin by thanking you very much for the honorary degree. I know I speak for my fellow honorees in saying how grateful I am. I have seen the list of those who have received such degrees from Smith in the past and it is breathtaking. I can now say I have something in common not only with Eleanor Roosevelt and Toni Morrison, but also Garry Trudeau and President […]
Tammy S Baldwin
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Commencement Address at Smith College - May 17, 2009
May 17, 2009
President Christ, members of the faculty, parents, and especially the graduates.... It's wonderful to be here this morning surrounded by so many incredible women. It's especially exciting for me to be here with my class for our 25th reunion. My classmates are not only some of my best friends. They were—and are still—some of my role models. My bio says I won my first campaign for public office when I was 24 years old. But my classmates always remind me that's not completely true. My first campaign was right here […]