Dallas was a Black and White society at that time; it didn't have the diversity it has now.
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Within a month I announced I was going to start this initiative: A World of Women for World Peace.
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I came up in a family oriented towards the sick, so I always felt an obligation for doing something.
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We're going to have to look very seriously at what we're doing right or wrong because we just keep losing.
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Generally speaking, historically in this country, the care of a child has been thought of as female business.
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As lawmakers, we must assure the people of America that our nation will not experience the nightmare of the 2000 presidential election.
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This was the first time a woman in Dallas had won public office of any kind - even women questioned whether or not I was qualified, whether or not I could take it.
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Our second phase was to develop a school curriculum that teaches tolerance, respect for differences, conflict resolution, anger management, and other attributes of peace.
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Right after 9/11 there was a magazine with a cover of kids, mostly 12-14 year-olds, who were being trained for military combat. I thought that this had just gone too far.
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I try hard to convince them it's important - but there's a history of discomfort with minorities voting in some parts of this country, so most especially the older people have to get accustomed to it.
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