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If I don't start now, my people will remain backward. I have to start, and I'm sure it will require a lot of sacrifice from me. If my brother can do it, why can't I, his younger sister? If men can do it, why can't women?

— Rahmah el Yunusiyah On founding her school for girls (1923)

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