Quote of the day: Educate a girl

“Educate a boy, and you educate an individual. Educate a girl, and you educate a community.”
“Educate a boy, and you educate an individual. Educate a girl, and you educate a community.”
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I don’t like sexism, no matter how well meaning. Educate a community will give the same result
This quote is a variant taken from a speech given in the 1920’s to advocate for a new college to be co-educational:
http://www.orijinculture.com/community/lost-black-white-keys-dr-kwegyir-aggrey/
This is a variation of a quote from a speech given in the 1920’s advocating (successfully, I believe) that a new college in Ghana be coeducational:
http://www.orijinculture.com/community/lost-black-white-keys-dr-kwegyir-aggrey/