may this dress remind us to own our lives! our imagination, our creativity and our curiosity!!

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Dr. Mae Jemison

Mae Carol Jemison (born October 17, 1956) is an American engineer, physician and NASA astronaut. She became the first black woman to travel in space when she served as an astronaut aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour. After graduating medical school and a brief general practice, Jemison served in the Peace Corps from 1985 until 1987. In 1987 her application to become an astronaut was accepted by NASA and on September 12, 1992 she was a mission specialist aboard STS-47. In 1993 she resigned from NASA and founded a company researching the application of technology to daily life. She has appeared on television several times, including as an actress in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. She is a dancer and holds nine honorary doctorates in science, engineering, letters, and the humanities. She is the current principal of the 100 Year Starship organization.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mae_Jemison

First African-American Woman Astronaut

On June 4, 1987, Mae C. Jemison became the first African-American woman to be admitted into the NASA astronaut training program. After more than a year of training, she became the first African-American woman astronaut, earning the title of science mission specialist — a job that would make her responsible for conducting crew-related scientific experiments on the space shuttle.

When Jemison finally flew into space on September 12, 1992, with six other astronauts aboard the Endeavour on mission STS47, she became the first African-American woman in space. 

During her eight days in space, Jemison conducted experiments on weightlessness and motion sickness on the crew and herself. In all, she spent more than 190 hours in space before returning to Earth on September 20, 1992. Following her historic flight, Jemison noted that society should recognize how much both women and members of other minority groups can contribute if given the opportunity.

https://www.biography.com/people/mae-c-jemison-9542378

Don't let anyone rob you of your imagination,
 your creativity, or your curiosity. 

It's your place in the world; it's your life.

Dr. Mae Jemison, engineer, physician, and NASA astronaut

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may this dress remind us to stand tall and live our lives ...

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bell hooks, a.k.a. Gloria Jean Watkins

Gloria Jean Watkins (born September 25, 1952), better known by her pen name bell hooks,^[1] is an American author, professor, feminist, and social activist. The name "bell hooks" is borrowed from her maternal great-grandmother, Bell Blair Hooks.^[2]

The focus of hooks' writing has been the intersectionality of race, capitalism, and gender, and what she describes as their ability to produce and perpetuate systems of oppression and class domination. She has published over 30 books and numerous scholarly articles, appeared in documentary films, and participated in public lectures. She has addressed race, class, and gender in education, art, history, sexuality, mass media, and feminism.^[3] In 2014, she founded the bell hooks Institute at Berea College in Berea, Kentucky.^[4]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_hooks

Born: September 25, 1952 
Hopkinsville, Kentucky 
African American activist, educator, and writer

Writer, professor, and social critic, bell hooks is undeniably one of the most successful "cross-over" academics of the late twentieth century. Her books look at the function of race and gender in today's culture.

https://www.notablebiographies.com/He-Ho/Hooks-Bell.html#ixzz5jPhANR7D

the life and work of acclaimed intellectual, feminist theorist, cultural critic, artist, and writer bell hooks. The Institute strives to promote the cause of ending domination through understanding the ways systems of exploitation and oppression intersect through critical thinking, teaching, events, and conversation. 
http://www.bellhooksinstitute.com

I will not have my life narrowed down. 

I will not bow down to somebody else's whim or 

to someone else's ignorance.

bell hooks, American author and activist

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may this dress remind us to be bravery, not perfection ...

this art is avaiable at Uni-T at the Natick Mall

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Reshma Saujani

Reshma Saujani is the Founder and CEO of Girls Who Code, a national non-profit organization working to close the gender gap in technology and change the image of what a programmer looks like and does. With their 7-week Summer Immersion Program, 2-week specialized Campus Program, after school Clubs, and a 13-book New York Times best-selling series, Girls Who Code is leading the movement to inspire, educate, and equip young women with the computing skills to pursue 21st century opportunities. By the end of the 2018 academic year, Girls Who Code will have reached over 90,000 girls in all 50 states and several US territories. Girls Who Code alumni are choosing to major in CS, or related fields, at a rate 15 times the national average; Black and Latina alumni are choosing to major in CS or related fields at a rate 16 times the national average.
https://reshmasaujani.com/about/

Reshma Saujani (born November 18, 1975) is an American lawyer and politician. She is the founder of the tech organization Girls Who Code. She was previously the Deputy Public Advocate at the Office of the New York City Public Advocate.^[2] Saujani lost the 2010 Democratic primary (19%-81%) for the U.S. House of Representatives in New York's 14th congressional district against incumbent Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney.^[3]Saujani was the first Indian-American woman (and the first South Asian American woman) to run for Congress.^[4] She ran as a Democratic candidate for New York City Public Advocate in 2013, coming third in the primary.^[5][6]

Saujani founded "South Asians for Kerry" during the 2004 presidential election.

Saujani served on the National Finance Board for Hillary Clinton during Clinton's campaign for president in 2008. Following the primaries, she was named Vice-Chair of the New York delegation at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver.

Saujani has also contributed to the Huffington Post and WNYC.^[19]

She has been featured on NY1, MSNBC, FOX, and CNBC.

In September 2011, she was named one of City & State's "40 under 40" for being a young influential member of New York City politics.^[20]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reshma_Saujani

Never give up. People will always discount you, and you'll always get rejected. 

But set your sights high. 

Be boldly ambitious. 

Be relentless and never give up. 

Reshma Saujani

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May this dress remind us to be BRAVE like Ruby Bridges!!

Ruby Bridge's story has blown me away!! <3

Ruby Nell Bridges Hall (born September 8, 1954) is an American civil rights activist. She was the first African-American child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana during the New Orleans school desegregation crisis in 1960.^[1][2]

Ruby Bridges was the oldest of five children born to Abon and Lucille Bridges.^[3] As a child, she spent much time taking care of her younger siblings,^[4] though she also enjoyed playing jump rope, softball and climbing trees.^[5] When she was four years old, the family relocated from Tylertown, Mississippi, where Ruby was born, to New Orleans, Louisiana. In 1960, when she was six years old, her parents responded to a request from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and volunteered her to participate in the integration of the New Orleans school system, even though her father was hesitant.^[6]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Bridges

Another informative and entertaining write-up about Ruby Bridges:
Because of Them We Can®
Another good read about Ruby:
At the tender age of six, Ruby Bridges advanced the cause of civil rights in November 1960 when she became the first African American student to integrate an elementary school in the South.MLA - Michals, Debra. "Ruby Bridges." National Women's History Museum. National Women's History Museum, 2015. Date accessed. Chicago - Michals, Debra. "Ruby Bridges." National Women's History Museum." 2015. www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/ruby-bridges.

Racism is a grown-up disease and 

we must stop using our children to spread it.

Ruby Bridges

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May this dress remind us of our inner strength ....

I am not afraid... I was born to do this. 

Jeanne d'Arc

Joan of Arc (French: Jeanne d'Arc (c. 1412 – 30 May 1431)

nicknamed "The Maid of Orléans", is considered a heroine of France for her role during the Lancastrian phase of the Hundred Years' War, and was canonized as a Roman Catholic saint. She was born to Jacques d'Arc and Isabelle Romée, a peasant family, at Domrémy in north-east France. Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_of_Arc



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May this dress remind us to be BRAVE, not perfect!!

Never give up. People will always discount you, 

and you'll always get rejected. 

But set your sights high. 

Be boldly ambitious. 

Be relentless and never give up. 

Reshma Saujani

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Be brave my girls, don't worry about being perfect,

being brave and courageous is more important!

love, mom

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day43: be daring in many things ...

photo: david lee black

My life has been long, 

and believing that life loves the liver of it, 

I have dared to try many things, 

sometimes trembling, but daring still. 

Maya Angelou

This is great advice for all ages.  

Live your life, take chances, be darling, even if you may tremble.

Spread your wings and see where they take you!!

love, mom

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Today, let us be BRAVE! like Georgia!

'pandora's . . . ' #fromthelandofdragons

I’ve been absolutely terrified every moment of my life, 

 and I’ve never let it keep me from doing 

a single thing I wanted to do.

- Georgia O’Keeffe

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May this dress remind us of our bravery!!!

"Owning our story and loving ourselves 

through that process is 

the bravest thing that we will ever do." 

 Brené Brown

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