Teach [our girls] that there is a race with special needs which they and only they can help; that the world needs and is already asking for their trained, efficient forces.
Source: A Voice in the South, 1892.
-- Anna Julia Cooper, (Aug 10 1859-1964), US educator, feminist, writer; She was the fourth African American woman to earn a Ph.D.; her teachings and writings disclosed a modern view of racism and sexism in W. civilization.