#american women

African-American women account for 67 percent of all newly diagnosed female AIDS cases. ↗

— Elijah Cummings

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Restricting access to such a basic health care service, which 99% of sexually experienced American women have used and 62% of American women are using right now, is out of touch with public sentiment. ↗

— Sandra Fluke

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I had this idea that I wanted to do this mixture of visions of African American women and visions of African American men. And call it 'The Men' and call it 'The Women' and show different faces of these two people. ↗

— Faith Ringgold

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The greatest public health threat for many American women is the men they live with. ↗

— Anna Quindlen

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I had very supportive parents that made the way for me, even at a time when there were very few women - no women, really; maybe two or three women - and very few, fewer than that, African-American women heading in this direction, so there were very few people to look up to. You just had to have faith. ↗

— Leah Ward Sears

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