"They are a courageous breed of designers who are going against the commercialized trend of 'more is more' and giving artistic value, a cultural face, and environmental consciousness to fashion."

"Their market was really targeted to those that really could pay the bills."

"I mean, white women who wanted to have a dressmaker, and many of them, when you look back at what they did, a lot of the fashion press."

"They speak highly of these women and the quality of what they make."

"In 1939, Blount had a beautiful body of work of these miniature hats and she presented them at the World’s Fair at the time."

"I always wanted to elevate those voices, those hidden voices that we really didn’t know about, especially when it comes to black fashion makers who really did make a contribution to fashion."

"What he wanted to do was show that we were lawyers and doctors and school teachers and business people, and that we were a middle class that was upwardly mobile."

"I had the time and this was the time to do it."

"What really moved me along was what we all witnessed last year, the injustices that were done to the marginalized communities."

"I just felt like this was the time."

"The power of fashion has the unique ability to transform identity and culture."

"He way he did this was, he had these beautiful portraits of African Americans dressed beautifully, hair, makeup, hats, jewelry."

"It's a tremendous honor to be recognized alongside such powerful women who are using their voices and platforms to lead with purpose."

"“If I’m on this project, I will make sure it is designed with women in mind. So all the features were catered to a more broad audience. It was still going to stay a muscle car but it’s just going to have more of a soft touch"

"Jobs can come and go, but family can’t."

"From the time I was hired on Oct. 24, 1983 until I was let go in 2008, I was largely the only female car designer at the company. I was doing all this work but I was not getting promoted. I was watching Ford hire male designers and seeing them get promoted. They even started hiring female designers that were getting promoted before me,”"

"I see today's fashion industry as a mega commercial machine that creates seasonal trends with a frenzied frequent flow of merchandise that is unprecedented."

"This event is a beautiful example of how fashion, influence and service can come together to inspire and ignite lasting change in our communities."

"“I knew I had to come up with something different. So I said, ‘Okay, I’m gonna start thinking about females and how they design things and take into account things women would want in a car."

"We too can have nice homes we too can have fine jewelry."

"I’ve been fortunate to work on the maternal initiatives of Vice President Kamala Harris."

"It all started at the age of 11, introduced me to his coworkers and I noticed a set of blue doors. When I tried to open the door my dad told me I couldn’t go behind them because I wasn’t an employee and behind those doors were men and they were called ‘transportation designers. They designed every car that you saw going up the road."

"I provide analysis and author content on eliminating racial disparities in maternal health."

""Radio is a bag of mediocrity where little men with carbon minds wallow in sluice of their own making."

"My lane is being “the career doula,” helping women navigate the significant impact of childbirth on their professional careers."

"The advertising world had space men in it before spacemen existed"

"I have key global pillars which have helped me make a significant social impact."

"Just as a doula is a trained companion who supports another individual through a significant health related experience, such as childbirth"

"“I was so intrigued in hearing that, I decided that I wanted to become a car designer and I wanted to work at Ford designing cars"

"Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could"

"The first that comes to mind is trying to emulate the poses and content strategy of mom influencers on social media."

"Men can do all things if they will"

"I look back at old posts and cringe."

"When new moms return to the workplace, I want to help them combine their careers and motherhood creatively."

"All of the men on my staff can type."

"If you were not a sinful, polluted, helpless, and miserable creature, this Savior would not be suited to you, and you would not be comprehended in his gracious invitations to the children of men."

"I’ve realized that’s not my lane."

"What’s worse, for working mothers, many organizations aren’t set up for their success."

"I was attending Keidan Elementary School and we would have ‘show and tell.’ I bought my car made out of clay and I would draw pictures of cars and such but it was my male teacher who told me that because I was a girl, I couldn’t design cars."

"After returning to work from maternity leave, I had to pump in a bathroom stall due to a lack of nursing accommodations from my employer."

"It always ebbs and flows."