Feminism Quotes · Page 220

We can't afford not to educate girls and give women the power and the access that they need.

— Michelle Obama

I think it's clear that women are treated terribly, and people are allowed to say horrible things about us.

— Kamala Lopez

Women are the most beautiful yet difficult beings known to man. Confused...

— JosephE

Join the union, girls, and together say Equal Pay for Equal Work.

— Susan B. Anthony

We're all grown women now; if we wanna do something, we can't be stopped!

— Natasha Hamilton

In politics women type the letters, lick the stamps, distribute the pamphlets and get out the vote. Men get elected.

— Clare Boothe Luce

It's still about the women. It's not called Desperate Plumber. People are more interested in cat fights.

— James Denton

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS REAL IT HAPPENS EVERYDAY AND AFFECTS EVERYONE.

— TJ

We need to create a society where girls and women are getting the same encouragement and support to build their careers as…

— Matt McGorry

'Women on Board' provides a roadmap for high-performing women leaders to join high-performing boards. It is a must-read for every sitting board…

— Sandra E. Peterson

So many of us had hoped that the civil system might be an alternative for some women, where the burdens were a…

— Susan Estrich

You're able to make a real difference. If a woman's able to step away financially, she's able to begin to do all…

— Kerry Washington

It's funny because I was looking back on my Instagram,, and I saw that I had a bunch of feminist posts but…

— O. T. Fagbenle

A lot of the hate mail I get is clearly misogynist. I am a proud liberal, feminist woman, and the hate mail…

— Janeane Garofalo

The odds are stacked heavily against women in politics. They are up against strong, entrenched and largely patriarchal lobbies in political parties.

— Nagma

I hated grunge. No one’s more feminist than me, but you don’t have to look as if you don’t give a -…

— Catherine Zeta-Jones

“Studies have consistently shown that women have less free time and that their free time is more likely to be infringed on…

— Nick Yee

“A consequence of female self-love is that the woman grows convinced of social worth. Her love for her body will be unqualified,…

— Naomi Wolf

Woman, then, stands in patriarchal culture as a signifier for the male other, bound by a symbolic order in which man can…

— Laura Mulvey

“The feminist philosophy that has shaped my thinking has been articulated most clearly by Marilyn Frye;67 Catharine MacKinnon68 has been influential in…

— Robert Jensen

I believe in equality. But I don't like the word feminist, because it's such a rational belief to think that women are…

— Michael Che

“Feminism has both undone the hierarchy in which the elements aligned with the masculine were given greater value than those of the…

— Rebecca Solnit

“What must it be like to sit among women with the same animating vitality? To build vast empires and heretofore undreamt worlds?…

— Anonymous

“As I watched Jamila I thought what a terrific person she'd become. She was low today, and she was often scornful of…

— Hanif Kureishi

Fortunately women have the miraculous ability to change the meaning of their actions after the event.

— Milan Kundera

“But sometimes, even a smart woman can have her guilty pleasure moment. Watching infotainment, it is.”

— Nina Ardianti

The woman that tries t' keep up with the' procession don't see near as much as her husband who stands on the'…

— Kin Hubbard

The best thermometer to the progress of a nation is its treatment of its women.

— Swami Vivekananda

Mountain climbing is my passion, and to empower women through my expeditions is the reason.

— Samina Baig

“Strong women don't play victim, don't make themselves look pitiful, & don't point fingers. They stand & they deal.”

— Mandy Hale

In a self-respecting India, is not every woman's virtue as much every man's concern as his own sister's?

— Mahatma Gandhi

The worker is the slave of capitalist society, the female worker is the slave of that slave.

— James Connolly

Gender equality is one of the principles we will never compromise at Accenture.

— Pierre Nanterme

Women like flames have a destroying power; never to be quenched till they themselves devour.

— William Congreve

People still create limitations and laws for women. But every woman deserves to choose her own path.

— Divyanka Tripathi

Women have an amazingly mysterious ability of communication. They listen half, understand quarter but can tell double

— Rudy

The claim that American women are downtrodden and unfairly treated is the fraud of the century.

— Phyllis Schlafly

Women treat us [men] like humanity treats gods – they worship us and keep bothering us to do something.

— Oscar Wilde

Most of the people we worked with were men. And the women were secretaries.

— Keren Woodward

Public and employer opinion often defeat society's best interests with a prejudice against middle-aged women.

— Kate Smith