“He says unloved women have no biographies—they have histories.”
“unloved women have no biographies-- they have histories”
“Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history.”
“All history is biography.”
“Their story, as the Delany sisters like to say, is not meant as "black" or "women's" history, but American history. It belongs to all of us. (From the Preface of "Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years)”
“There is properly no history; only biography.”