Lillian Russell (1940)

Dorothy Peterson: Cynthia Leonard

Quotes 

• Cynthia Leonard : And when women vote, there will be no more dishonesty in politics; no more graft in our civic offices; and above all else, there will be no more wars in the world, because women will never endorse murder of any description.

• Lillian Russell : [aka, Helen Leonard]  I'm not going to leave you, mother.

  Cynthia Leonard : But you've already left yourself. You're Lillian Russell now, and pretty soon you'll forget you ever knew Helen Leonard. And millions of new faces will take the place of the few old ones left behind. Men will... men will offer fortunes just to stand in the shadow of her glamourous career. And women will envy, but copy her. And perhaps - yes, even kings may applaud her.

• Cynthia Leonard : We bear the first burden of humanity. We suffer to produce life. Therefore, we should have a voice in the conduct of it.