Quotation by

Clare Boothe Luce

Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, 'She doesn't have what it takes' They will say, 'Women don't have what it takes.'

Clare Boothe Luce

Women

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The author is saying that as a woman, she has to work harder than others to prove herself. If she does not succeed, people will blame her entire gender rather than seeing it as her personal failure.

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