Everyday, the articles, poems, and letters I have collected remind me of what my duty is and how to overcome the many obstacles being a woman has brought me. I have kept Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s “To George Sand: A Recognition,” by my bedside for many years now as a reminder to be a bold and fearless woman despite what society tells me to do. As a woman, I am faced with these trying times of inequality and discrimination. I have learned that I must continue to keep my head up and continue working for equality. George Sand was actually a French female novelist who took the name of a male…