Patricia Ireland

I want to reach young women and to get them involved in the mission of the YWCA, economic empowerment of women and girls, and ending racism. ↗

— Patricia Ireland

#empowerment #ending #get #i #involved

In any grass-roots campaign, building an ongoing base of support is as important as winning the ultimate goal. ↗

— Patricia Ireland

#base #building #campaign #goal #grass-roots

Is a woman raped every three minutes or every six minutes? It is far too much, whatever it is. ↗

— Patricia Ireland

#far #minutes #much #six #three

More than 10,000 ballots in Miami-Dade County have been rejected by some machine without any opportunity for a human being to take a look. That is just not right. ↗

— Patricia Ireland

#ballots #been #being #county #human

Most of us see Justice O'Connor as something of an icon, although we do not agree with all of her decisions. ↗

— Patricia Ireland

#although #connor #decisions #her #icon

Some campaigns are not worth waging if you can't win; others have to be fought on grounds of principle regardless of the chances for success. ↗

— Patricia Ireland

#chances #fought #grounds #others #principle

Some of those men in power, we just have to change their faces because we're not going to change their minds. ↗

— Patricia Ireland

#change #faces #going #just #men

Stewardesses are still paid so little that in many cases, new hires qualify for food stamps. ↗

— Patricia Ireland

#cases #food #food stamps #hires #little

The opposition has moved from a blaming the victim to blaming the victim's advocate's statistics. Irrespective of what the numbers are, it's far too many. ↗

— Patricia Ireland

#blaming #far #irrespective #many #moved

The way to be a man if you're a little boy is to be willing to throw your weight around. ↗

— Patricia Ireland

#be a man #boy #little #man #throw