Because of my life experiences, I understand that I have an opportunity to help other women. I have the desire and the ability.
I'll never tell a lie. I'll never make a misleading statement. I'll never betray the confidence that any of you had in me. And I'll never avoid a controversial issue.
When I was six years old, my mother died; and then, for the first time, I learned, by the talk around me, that I was a slave.