To quote the proclamation’s words again, this history should give all of us not only pride but “comfort, courage, and long-range vision.” When Carter urged the nation to study specific women leaders who fought for equality in the past as a path to understanding America’s true history and ongoing need for equality today, he gave seven names as examples from a list that includes a constellation. Remember these words attributed to one of them and one of my own lanterns, Sojourner Truth: I will not allow my life’s light to be determined by the darkness around me.
