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Thank You, Jane

2 min readOct 2, 2025

For making quiet patience powerful

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Jane Goodall has left us.

She was an amazing human being, tenacious and brave. She was funny, she was quiet, she was patient.

Jane embodied hope.

She was about connecting, reaching out to other beings that may not have understood her completely at first, but with her spirit, she gained their trust.

We can all learn from the way she conducted her work and her life. Jane traveled on the road for decades until her death (she died while on the road) after doing her groundbreaking research. Her mission was to spread the word about saving the planet and the animals that live here.

She quietly and persistently pushed up against a male dominated world, believing in what she could and would do. And she did it and made a huge difference to the planet and to many young girls. Myself included.

“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” -Jane Goodall

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I had two passions growing up. Drawing and nature. I was always drawing but the moment I knew of Jane Goodall, I wanted to be her. She was quiet, I…

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Liza Donnelly
Liza Donnelly

Written by Liza Donnelly

Visual journalist/writer for New Yorker. Producer/director of documentary Women Laughing. Looking to change world w humor. https://www.womenlaughingfilm.com/

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