Public Speaking
Solis Doyle does public speaking at functions around the country, particularly at events relating to the promotion of minorities and women. In her speeches, she discusses her personal story growing up on Chicago's south side as a daughter of Mexican immigrants, as well as her current and past involvement in American political campaigns. On June 20, 2009, Solis Doyle gave the commencement speech for Northwestern's School of Continuing Studies.
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“Public speaking is done in the public tongue, the national or tribal language; and the language of our tribe is the men’s language. Of course women learn it. We’re not dumb. If you can tell Margaret Thatcher from Ronald Reagan, or Indira Gandhi from General Somoza, by anything they say, tell me how. This is a man’s world, so it talks a man’s language.”
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