Jim Fergus, One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd

"I, personally, have resolved never to display weakness, to be always strong and firm and forthright, to show neither fear nor uncertainty-- no matter how fearful and uncertain I may be inside; I see no other way to survive this ordeal."

Jim Fergus, One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd

"Your power as a woman, as a mother, is your medicine, and it saved you. Take your courage in that."

Jim Fergus, One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd