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“In 1942, only about 4 percent of American women had completed four years of college.”
― Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II
― Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II
“You must find your dream...but no dream lasts forever, each dream is followed by another, and one should not cling to any particular dream.”
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“Sometimes, the way around prejudice is education.”
― Michelle: A Biography
― Michelle: A Biography
“We are sun and moon, dear friend; we are sea and land. It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is: each the other's opposite and complement.”
― Narcissus and Goldmund
― Narcissus and Goldmund
“It was not easy being a smart girl in the 1940s. People thought you were annoying.”
― Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II
― Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II
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