Sara Thomsen, who along with Paula Pedersen and Amy Bernstein comprise the singing group Three Altos, was commissioned to write a piece for a Midwestern college's celebration of "a woman's place in the world."
I am a woman,
And my place is in the home
And my home
Is the whole wide world
We are world shapers,
We are change makers
We are potters spinning clay,
We are dreamers of a new day
We are asking questions,
We are opening up the door
We are searching, finding answers,
We are wisdom seeking more
Rabbi, singer, teacher,
Professor, poet, preacher
Driving buses, styling hair
We are everywhere
We are women
We are sweeping the hearth
We are dreaming in the dark
We are weaving at the loom
We are the rhythms of the moon
We are world shapers,
We are change makers
We are tenders of the earth,
We are women giving birth
We are packing lunches,
We are sewing the clothes you wear
We are sleeping on park benches,
We are kneeling down in prayer
Doctor, dancer, scientist
Carpenter and journalist
Telling stories, rocking chairs
We are everywhere
We are women
We are stirring the pot
We are keeping the fire hot
We are holding a child’s hand
We are the rhythms of the land
We are world shapers,
We are change makers
We are potters spinning clay,
We are dreamers of a new day
We are laughing, crying,
We are taking the time to play
We are singing, we are sighing,
We are making our own way
Politician, volunteer,
Refugee, and engineer
In the streets and on the air
We are everywhere
We are world shapers,
We are change makers
We are potters spinning clay,
We are dreamers of a new day
We are rule breakers,
We are home makers
We are healers of the earth
We are mid-wives at the birth
We are women,
And our place is in the home
And our home
Is the whole wide world.
