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Dear Madam President: An Open Letter to the Women Who Will Run the World QUOTES

1 " Emotions were running so high in the country that I feared there was going to be some violence before the election. I even half-jokingly said to Hillary one day in October that it was beginning to feel like we were upsetting some cosmic natural balance by seeking to "upend the patriarchy." I didn't really believe it, of course, but a large part of the country seemed to believe Hillary represented an existential threat to the proper order of things. "

― Jennifer Palmieri , Dear Madam President: An Open Letter to the Women Who Will Run the World

2 " People take their cue from you.” That’s it. If you act like you belong in the room, people will believe you do. If you act like your opinion matters, others will, too. Simple, true, empowering, and life-changing advice. It is applicable for all women in every endeavor we undertake. "

― Jennifer Palmieri , Dear Madam President: An Open Letter to the Women Who Will Run the World

3 " When it comes to pleasing the masses in a patriarchal society, women seeking power can’t win playing by the old man-centric rules. This is why we should stop expecting to find ourselves reflected in our country’s history and models of power, and write our own story. "

― Jennifer Palmieri , Dear Madam President: An Open Letter to the Women Who Will Run the World

4 " A woman can be both strong and emotional. "

― Jennifer Palmieri , Dear Madam President: An Open Letter to the Women Who Will Run the World

5 " have always thought that I could do any job a man can do just as well as him. Only recently have I come to realize that I don’t want to. I want to do the job the best way I can do it, not the way he would. "

― Jennifer Palmieri , Dear Madam President: An Open Letter to the Women Who Will Run the World

6 " TSAHIJDL. Get to know it. Whether you are running for president or any woman who challenges the status quo. “There’s something about her I just don’t like.” And its sister complaint: “There’s something about her I just don’t trust. "

― Jennifer Palmieri , Dear Madam President: An Open Letter to the Women Who Will Run the World

7 " Could it be that women are meant to go only so far in the world? No, that can’t be it. Women haven’t plateaued; it is the rules we were playing by that are outdated. "

― Jennifer Palmieri , Dear Madam President: An Open Letter to the Women Who Will Run the World

8 " Predictably, there were a lot of people who lamented that “if only we could have seen this Hillary during the campaign, things would have turned out different.” That’s all bullshit. She was always the same person. We are the ones who perceive her differently in different situations. "

― Jennifer Palmieri , Dear Madam President: An Open Letter to the Women Who Will Run the World

9 " Madam President, I have a suggestion for two new guidelines all women can adopt in the workplace to make it better suited to our qualities. Let’s nod less and cry more. "

― Jennifer Palmieri , Dear Madam President: An Open Letter to the Women Who Will Run the World

10 " Think of all the times you have heard someone say they passed on sharing something that was particularly moving because they didn’t think they could get it out without crying. That’s a shame. Think of all the incredible things we didn’t get to hear because someone was scared we would see them cry. In "

― Jennifer Palmieri , Dear Madam President: An Open Letter to the Women Who Will Run the World

11 " Feeling the pain is part of standing in the storm. You shouldn’t try to escape it or suppress the grief the pain causes. The pain isn’t what will defeat you. What matters is what you choose to do once the storm passes. "

― Jennifer Palmieri , Dear Madam President: An Open Letter to the Women Who Will Run the World

12 " Whether or not you are defeated is your choice. Defeated is when you fail to look your opponent in the face and call them out on their hate or lies. Defeated is when you cower when attacked. Defeated is when you give up the fight. Worse, defeated is when you give up hope. "

― Jennifer Palmieri , Dear Madam President: An Open Letter to the Women Who Will Run the World

13 " In one memo a person would argue that she needed to project strength but couldn't be shrill, couldn't ever shout but needed to show passion, couldn't ever look weak but should show more vulnerability. The main advice in each memo was for her to be 'authentic.' I complained to Hillary one day about how frustrating all of it was. She came up with the best response to this kind of advice. 'Tell them,' she said, 'that you really appreciate the advice but what would really help Hillary is if they could tell you the name of a woman on the world stage who does it exactly right. "

― Jennifer Palmieri , Dear Madam President: An Open Letter to the Women Who Will Run the World

14 " Women of the baby boomer generation faced these same constraints in all professions. There was no other blueprint to work from other than to show that a woman could do the job as it had always been done, by a man. Follow our model, be tough, prove yourself by the standards we set. You weren’t even supposed to look like a woman. Dress like a man’s version of a woman. Our eyes can handle that. Think of how Patti Smith, Joan Jett, and Pat Benatar, women pioneers in rock music, presented themselves to the world: leather, black blazers, denim. Our eyes accepted them as women tough enough to take on a role meant for a man. Woman with a guitar. Woman with a gavel. Woman with a podium. Woman with an oval-shaped office. Women with objects of power. It has taken time for our eyes to adjust to them. "

― Jennifer Palmieri , Dear Madam President: An Open Letter to the Women Who Will Run the World

15 " We think a woman shines brightest when she is selflessly putting others’ interests above her own. It is more flattering than seeking her own spotlight. I have to tell you that when I first joined Hillary’s campaign, I didn’t think it was going to be that hard or even that big of a deal to elect the first woman president. "

― Jennifer Palmieri , Dear Madam President: An Open Letter to the Women Who Will Run the World

16 " In a sentence, I think that’s what happened to Hillary and why so many people didn’t like her or trust her. She has been moving forward and drawing fire for forty years. "

― Jennifer Palmieri , Dear Madam President: An Open Letter to the Women Who Will Run the World

17 " most Americans did think Hillary Clinton could do the job of president. A majority of voters in 2016 were ready to accept a woman in charge, and that’s important progress to be celebrated. The hurdle she never quite surmounted was having us all accept that it’s okay for a woman to have the ambition to want to be in charge. It’s "

― Jennifer Palmieri , Dear Madam President: An Open Letter to the Women Who Will Run the World

18 " Her-story. Don't search for your role is his-tory, write your own. The future is female. The past was too it's just that no one thought it important enough to bother writing it all down. "

― Jennifer Palmieri , Dear Madam President: An Open Letter to the Women Who Will Run the World

19 " We think a woman shines brightest when she is selflessly putting others’ interests above her own. It is more flattering than seeking her own spotlight. "

― Jennifer Palmieri , Dear Madam President: An Open Letter to the Women Who Will Run the World

20 " The hurdle she never quite surmounted was having us all accept that it’s okay for a woman to have the ambition to want to be in charge. "

― Jennifer Palmieri , Dear Madam President: An Open Letter to the Women Who Will Run the World