freedom

12.1.55.courage.6:06.hope.2857.strength.7053.tenacity.2.4.1913.

pioneer.10.24.2005.honor.92.grace.1132.icon.1995.quiet.19:00.

goodbye.

numbers. descriptions. all things rosa parks. the first in my series

"she" that will focus on the strength and perseverance of several

women in history. "people always say that i didn't give up my seat

because i was tired, but that isn't true. i was not physically tired, or

no more tired than i usually was at the end of a working day. i was not

old, although some people have an image of me as being old then. i

was forty-two. no, the only tired i was, was tired of giving in."