International Women's Day

I was looking for a new quote for my signature line on an internet forum, because "The nights were cold and dark and scary, can we live through February?" from a Dar Williams song isn't really applicable any more now that it's March (and besides, February actually wasn't too bad weather-wise until the last few days when we finally got snow that seems to be sticking around for a while).

I found this one by Louise McKinney, which seemed relevant given that it will be International Women's Day on March 8:

The purpose of a woman's life is just the same as the purpose of man's life—that she may make the best possible contribution to the generation in which she is living.

McKinney became the first woman elected to any government in Canada in 1917, when she won a seat in the Alberta Legislature after women gained the right to vote (although they were still not considered "persons" until 1929). I was the recipient of a scholarship named after her as an undergrad student at the U of A.