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Anne Firor Scott

  • “Leaders are indispensable, but to produce a major social change many ordinary people must also be involved.”

    • Anne Firor Scott,
    • "The 'New Woman' in the New South," South Atlantic Quarterly ()

  • “As every authoritarian regime knows, association can be a dangerous thing. From discussion it is only a few steps to action ...”

    • Anne Firor Scott,
    • "The 'New Woman' in the New South," South Atlantic Quarterly ()

Anne Firor Scott, U.S. historian, writer, educator

(1921)