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Loretta Lynch
categories: Keynote Address, Speeches
Remarks at the National Women's Law Center Awards Dinner- Nov. 17, 2015
November 17, 2015
Thank you, Presidents [Nancy Duff] Campbell and [Marcia] Greenberger for that kind introduction – and for your decades of unwavering commitment to the cause of justice and the mission of equality. I want to thank Board Chair [Jane] Sherburne for her tireless devotion to this organization; my former colleague Tony West for chairing this inspiring event; and our special guest, Roberta Kaplan, for being a part of this celebration. I also want to thank and to recognize our remarkable honorees – Representative Rosa DeLauro, Sherrilyn Ifill and Saru Jayaraman – […]
Loretta Lynch
categories: Keynote Address, Speeches
Remarks to the National Association of Attorneys General- Feb. 23, 2016
February 23, 2016
Thank you, Attorney General [Marty] Jackley, for that kind introduction, for your impressive record of service to the people of South Dakota and for your stewardship of this distinguished organization. It’s a pleasure to welcome you all to Washington this morning and it’s a privilege to stand with so many outstanding colleagues as we look back at the progress we have made and plan for the challenges that lie ahead. I know what a remarkable group this is, because in my time as Attorney General, you have been indispensable partners […]
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
categories: Keynote Address, Speeches
National Commemoration of the Days of Remembrance - April 22, 2004
April 22, 2004
I am pleased to join hands with all in attendance at this ceremony of remembrance. May I first express abiding appreciation to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum for its vigilant assurance that we will never forget the victims of the Nazi madness, the six million Jews, killed simply because they were Jews, and the millions of people of other faiths and diverse affiliations swept into the unnatural maelstrom. I had the good fortune to be a Jew born and raised in the U. S. A. My father left Odessa […]
Diana Princess of Wales
categories: Keynote Address, Speeches
On Eating Disorders - April 27, 1993
April 27, 1993
Ladies and Gentlemen I have it, on very good authority, that the quest for perfection our society demands can leave the individual gasping for breath at every turn. This pressure inevitably extends into the way we look. And of course, many would like to believe that Eating Disorders are merely an expression of female vanity - not being able to get into a size ten dress and the consequent frustrations! From the beginning of time the human race has had a deep and powerful relationship with food - if you […]
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
categories: Keynote Address, Speeches
Advocating the Elimination of Gender-Based Discrimination- Feb. 10, 2006
February 10, 2006
Ginsburg gave this address at the University of Cape Town. In the 1970s, a revived feminist movement blossomed in the United States. I was in those years a law teacher and counsel to the American Civil Liberties Union, an organization committed to the preservation and advancement of human rights in the U.S. It was my good fortune to be in the right place at the right time, able to participate in the effort to place women's rights permanently on the human rights agenda in the United States. I thought you […]
Sandra Day O’Connor
categories: Acceptance Speech, Keynote Address, Speeches
Liberty Medal Award Speech- July 4, 2003
July 4, 2003
This is an absolutely wonderful occasion. Today we celebrate both our nation's birthday, and also the opening of the National Constitution Center in the great city of Philadelphia. The Constitution Center and Independence Hall, together with the Liberty Bell, form a place that every American should visit. It will contribute each and every day to the reinforcement of the basic principles that bind us together as a nation and a people. On May 25, 1787, here in Philadelphia, a quorum of delegates from seven states met in answer to the […]
Wendy Davis
categories: Keynote Address, Speeches
Remarks at National Press Club - Aug. 5, 2013
August 5, 2013
Thank you. Thank you all so much for having me here today and thank you Angela for inviting me to be here. It really is a pleasure to be in such an esteemed group of people. Now, I have to tell you that people get a little bit nervous when I approach a podium these days. I'm sure that you all know what happened on June 25th in the Texas legislature. But in case you were one of the few people who was not live streaming it, I thought that […]
Dolores Huerta
categories: Keynote Address, Speeches
Keynote speech at 21st National Conference on LGBT Equality - Jan. 29, 2009
January 29, 2009
Huerta delivered the opening plenary keynote speech at the 21st National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change, convened by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. Thank you, thank you very much. It's a great honor. Thank you very much [applause]. It's a great honor to be invited to address this organization. I know how hard you've worked over the years to make the changes that we need. And I just have to tell you – it's not even Valentine's Day yet but there is so much love in this […]
Elise Stefanik
categories: Keynote Address, Speeches
How to Get Women into Public Office- Oct. 12, 2015
October 12, 2015
Thank you so much for that warm welcome, it is truly humbling and empowering at the same time to be here today. But I want to let you in on a little secret. I had no idea I would be the youngest woman ever elected to congress when I first started my campaign. And I only found out about this historic fact after I won one of the toughest primaries in the country last election cycle. And amazing things started happening as the media covered my campaign. Moms and dads […]
Sonia Sotomayor
categories: Interview, Keynote Address, Speeches
Freedom to Write - May 5, 2013
May 5, 2013
Named for the former PEN president and fierce defender of the freedom of expression, the Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture is a defining event of the PEN World Voices Festival. A conversation between Justice Sotomayor and award-winning writer, scholar, and public intellectual Henry Louis Gates, Jr. follows the lecture. I feel so humbled to be in the Great Hall, at a podium at which one of my favorite presidents stood, President Lincoln. But among such distinguished writers – you must believe me, because I say it, right? – I'm […]