As I’d watched Momma put ruffles on the hem and cute little tucks around the waist, I knew that once I put it on I’d look like a movie star. (It was silk and that made up for the awful color.) I was going to look like one of the sweet little white girls who were everybody’s dream of what was right with the world. Hanging softly over the black Singer sewing machine, it looked like magic, and when people saw me wearing it they were going to run up to me and say, “Marguerite [sometimes it was ‘dear Marguerite’], forgive us, please, we didn’t know who you were,” and I would answer generously, “No, you couldn’t have

known. Of course I forgive you.”

the land was destroyed

To the people of 1833 it was new to have a photography museum today we have selfie museums what was new in 1833 is not new to us in 2021

Il le lui a dit; alors, il partira.

wax v. -- to say, to speak.

na -- indicates something.

ko -- him, her, it.

ko -- it, her, him!

aloor -- (French) so, then, yet, here, etc. (a linking word).

dina -- he/she will.

dem v. -- to go, go.

Faatu a placé sa calebasse en haut.

faatu -- a feminine name of Arabic origin. 👩🏽

aj v. -- place on top 🔝, perch.

na -- her (?).

laytan+am (laytan) gi -- small calabash (to have).

Her eyes had mockery in them, and she laughed

We, Indians can't understand how "his whole posteritie must dye"? We believe in the theory of rebirth and therefore have infinite scope to be liberated. Above all one does not suffer due to others fault. Scripture does not contradict reason.

My daughter will be brought up to understand her true value. That’s a promise. As for all the little girls to be born around the world, the creation of these ads is an effort to show how imagination can change the conversation around their lives.