Celebrating Strong Women: Quotes, Poems, and Books for IWD

I have written about IWD or gender equality before, you may want to check out these earlier posts:

• Read for International Women’s Day
• Books for International Women’s Day 2019
• Championing Equality: The Power of Books, Ebooks, and Authors
• Reading about Strong Women
• Autism Acceptance: Reading about Intersectionality
• Fiction about Sexual Abuse of Boys/Men

I thought I would celebrate IWD this year by sharing a few quotes and poems, along with some (fiction) books to read on strong women role models.

“We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back.”

— Malala Yousafzai

“Feminism isn’t about making women strong. Women are already strong. It’s about changing the way the world perceives that strength.”

— G.D. Anderson

You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I’ll rise.

Excerpt from “Still I Rise” by Maya Angelou