Take a Chance #ProjectWomanUp
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Last published Sat, Mar 5, 2016
|When dreams come in between family,|
"Dad, I want to be a lawyer." She tells her father. "I want to be able to support myself before I settle in."
|And gender inequality and discrimination becomes a major boarder|
"Don't be ridiculous Felicia, being a lawyer is no job for a woman, especially my daughter."
|All that there's left is to take a chance and dive,|
"I already took a chance Dad, I'm going to law school,"
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