Marian Wright Edelman
Marian Wright Edelman
Marian Wright Edelmanis an American activist for the rights of children. She has been an advocate for disadvantaged Americans for her entire professional life. She is president and founder of the Children's Defense Fund...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth6 June 1939
CountryUnited States of America
Marian Wright Edelman quotes about
trying originality born
You were born God's original. Try not to become someone's copy.
education children life-lesson
It is the responsibility of every adult... to make sure that children hear what we have learned from the lessons of life and to hear over and over that we love them and that they are not alone.
parent problem incredibles
Luckily, I had incredible parents who, when they saw a problem, didn't say, "Why doesn't somebody do something?" They would say, "Why don't we do something?".
doors yesterday mind
Don't assume a door is closed; push on it. Don't assume if it was closed yesterday that it is closed today. Don't ever stop learning and improving your mind. If you do, you're going to be left behind.
family racism role-models
If parents snicker at racial and gender jokes, another generation will pass on the poison adults still have not had the courage to snuff out.
moral moral-values values
Family and moral values are so central to everything that I am.
weapons purpose redeeming
Semi-automatic weapons have no socially redeeming purpose.
glasses ceilings glass-ceiling
I never thought I was breaking a glass ceiling. I just had to do what I had to do, and it never occurred to me not to.
class america race
Remember and help America remember that the fellowship of human beings is more important than the fellowship of race and class and gender in a democratic society.
unfinished-work long remembrance
Our true remembrance to President Kennedy is in our actions to honor the unspoken words and finish the unfinished work today and tomorrow and for as long as it takes.
challenges segregation
It never occurred to me that I was not going to challenge segregation.
determined ancestor
You'd better stay determined, because that's how our ancestors got us where we are.
beneath civil clear economic social unless
It was clear to me as a civil rights leader in the '60s that unless we put the social and economic underpinnings beneath the political and the civil rights, we wouldn't go anywhere.
aware children home key kid love meeting simply
The key is that your children are aware that you love them a lot, and that you are there when they really, really need you. If a kid was ill, I would simply leave a meeting and go home.