I have just found the perfect quote to share with all my fellow LinkedIn sisters for #WomensHistoryMonth. It's from the sublime actress Tracee Ellis Ross, who was sharing her journey with body image and other life issues with People Magazine. “You know as a young girl, I had this woman that I dreamt of being, right? And I had her in my head and I would play around with being her in my bedroom and with certain people, but the gift of age is that you actually get to have the boldness and the courage to be that woman, to be that person and I’m experiencing it now and some of the things I’ve discovered in knowing myself is that I actually like myself,” she said. After reading her comments, it clicked. THIS is what it means to be a fully grown, proud, brave, confident woman. And I knew this former little girl who used to sit on the levee wall looking out over the Ohio River in Cairo, Illinois and dream about amazing adventures and making a difference in the world really is the woman she always dreamed she could be. Thank you, Tracee Ellis Ross, for reminding us that while it's important to honor our foremothers this month, we must always celebrate our own history.
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