Power of Weddington

Sarah Weddington, the attorney that successfully argued the landmark Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court decision in 1973, lectured to approximately 400 Georgia College & State University students Tuesday night.
Weddington is a nationally known attorney and spokesperson on leadership and public issues. She is well- known for her work on issues affecting women through her many roles as attorney, legislator, presidential advisor and professor.
“I would say go a little faster than you can control,” said Weddington, on being active on leading. “It’s okay to take charge. One time a ski instructor told me that the best skiers are the ones who always go a little faster. So why not go faster?”
In 1973, at the age of just 26, Weddington was the youngest woman ever to win a case in the Supreme Court. Weddington was the first woman, from Austin, to be nominated to the Texas House of Representatives. She was also the first woman to become the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s General Counsel.
“Women are already powerful people — but we just don’t have the titles that men do,” said Weddington. “We have played significant roles in this country and the start of it.”

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