“In the developing world, it's about time that women are on the agenda....” — Melinda Gates Quote

“In the developing world, it's about time that women are on the agenda. For instance, 80 percent of small-subsistence farmers in sub-Saharan Africa are women, and yet all the programs in the past were predominantly focused on men.”

“I think the Americans need to understand that a lot of times the children are bored in school, and that is why they are not staying in.”

“I realized that the only way to get into a good college was to be valedictorian or salutatorian. So that was my goal.”

“There was no way that I could explain to dogs, friends, or parents my compelling need to return to Africa to launch a long-term study of the gorillas.”

“I know no national boundary where the Negro is concerned. The whole world is my province until Africa is free.”

“If women are the key to Africa's future - and I believe they are - we must figure out how to take away the barriers to their participation.”