Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander quotes

Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“I knew well that the only way I could get that door open was to knock it down; because I knocked all of them down.”
-- Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander

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“[On being first black woman to earn a PhD in economics and first black woman admitted to Pennsylvania bar:] I never looked for anybody to hold the door open for me. I knew well that the only way I could get that door open was to knock it down: because I knocked all of them down.”
-- Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander

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“Don't let anything stop you. There will be times when you'll be disappointed, but you can't stop. Make yourself the best that you can make out of what you are. The very best.”
-- Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander

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