Grace L. Williams > Quotes

“When a mind wanders, it will often skew toward extremes or negatives,”
― Grace L. Williams, Give Her Credit: The Untold Account of a Women's Bank That Empowered a Generation

“Let the women vote, they can’t do any worse than the men.”
― Grace L. Williams, Give Her Credit: The Untold Account of a Women's Bank That Empowered a Generation

“Women who waited quietly for a promotion were less likely to get it in the end, because action was needed.”
― Grace L. Williams, Give Her Credit: The Untold Account of a Women's Bank That Empowered a Generation

“As Shirley Chisholm famously said, “If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.”
― Grace L. Williams, Give Her Credit: The Untold Account of a Women's Bank That Empowered a Generation

“Millions of American women would like to see the nation which can dress men in the garments necessary to withstand the hostile environment of the moon help women to get through a day without a bag, sag, wrinkle or tear in an expensive and frequently essential article of wearing apparel here on earth.”
― Grace L. Williams, Give Her Credit: The Untold Account of a Women's Bank That Empowered a Generation

“In 1974, bank discrimination on the basis of sex had been going on rather unremarkably until a few activists pointed out its flaws. It had finally been outlawed by the passage of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, also called “Regulation B.”
― Grace L. Williams, Give Her Credit: The Untold Account of a Women's Bank That Empowered a Generation

“It was the operations and policies that mattered”
― Grace L. Williams, Give Her Credit: The Untold Account of a Women's Bank That Empowered a Generation