My parents were early converts to Christianity

“My parents were early converts to Christianity in my part of Nigeria. They were not just converts; my father was an evangelist, a religious teacher. He and my mother traveled for thirty-five years to different parts of Igboland, spreading the gospel.”

— Chinua Achebe

Author: Chinua Achebe
Category: teacher
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Take motherhood: nobody ever thought of putting

“Take motherhood: nobody ever thought of putting it on a moral pedestal until some brash feminists pointed out, about a century ago, that the pay is lousy and the career ladder nonexistent.”

— Barbara Ehrenreich

Author: Barbara Ehrenreich
Category: mom
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