May 29, 2012
"In voluntary work women discovered their capacities, skills, and potential. In the fields and factories, they demonstrated their sense of responsibility and discipline; in the trenches, their determination to defend the future conquered with so much blood; in the classrooms, their eagerness to raise their educational and cultural level in order to contribute to building a new life. In the communities, they showed their aptitude and alertness to spotting neighbors who needed help and taking preventive action, for advancing education and public health programs. In confronting the enemy, they proved their combative and revolutionary fervor.
Participating in this way, women discovered themselves as they won the respect and admiration of their compañeros, husbands, fathers, and children. Because shoulder to shoulder with them, they shared the work and struggle to fulfill the aims of the revolution. Women gained in stature— in their own eyes and throughout society…
They enriched the work of all with their talent, optimism, and certainty of victory. It was a historic transformation of women’s place in the family and society."

— Yolanda Ferrer, general secretary of the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC)

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