The issue of gender was never my biggest concern; my biggest concern was doing good work. When the feminist movement really got… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
“I wondered if the men were different back then, or if the women were just more patient with them when they acted… — Julie Kibler Copy Share Image
Women are focused on getting things done and bring fresh perspectives and innovative approaches to a political system that's crying out for… — Amy Klobuchar Copy Share Image
I honor every woman who has strength enough to step out of the beaten path when she feels that her walk lies… — Harriet Hosmer Copy Share Image
“Men are taught to apologize for their weaknesses, women for their strengths. —Lois Wyse, author and columnist” — Valerie Young Copy Share Image
Long before feminism made fashion a guilty pleasure, my first experience of the sisterhood among strangers took place in a communal dressing… — Judith Thurman Copy Share Image
I think we were all born feminists because we all faced discrimination since we can remember, never pertaining to a group, so… — Teri Gender Bender Copy Share Image
When I think of talking, it is of course with a woman. For talking at its best being an inspiration, it wants… — Oliver Wendell Holmes Copy Share Image
“It is not possible to preserve one's identity by adjusting for any length of time to a frame of reference that is… — Betty Friedan Copy Share Image
“However we resolve the issue in our individual homes, the moral challenge is, put simply, to make work visible again: not only… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
“... it occurs to me that this is what it means to be a feminist. Not a humanist or an equalist or… — Jennifer Mathieu Copy Share Image
Everyone wins when children - and especially girls – have access to education. An educated girl is likely to increase her personal… — Angelique Kidjo Copy Share Image
“Ironically, I believe Picasso was right. I believe we could paint a better world if we learned to see it from all… — Hannah Gadsby Copy Share Image
Long before I became a feminist in any explicit way, I had turned from writing love stories about women in which women… — Joanna Russ Copy Share Image
“Every woman knows what I’m talking about. It’s the presumption that makes it hard, at times, for any woman in any field;… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
There's nothing more threatening than a powerful woman, and there's nothing more threatening to the current order of things than women powerfully… — Amanda Palmer Copy Share Image
Electing Democratic pro-choice women in the executive offices at the state level is incredibly important to ensuring that we can protect and… — Laphonza Butler Copy Share Image
Discriminatory wage practices undermine women's ability to provide for their families and survive on a decent retirement income. — Kirsten Gillibrand Copy Share Image
It's such a rarity to have women in senior powerful positions. We can name them all. Fact is, women can handle power… — Christine Nixon Copy Share Image
“the concept of Mary Poppins is even stronger, implying a secure childhood and an answer to women’s perennial problem: how to balance… — Valerie Lawson Copy Share Image
Society has never barred women from bread-winning roles, but only from economic roles that are profitable and respectable. — Jeane Kirkpatrick Copy Share Image
Christ was the first feminist and because of that I've learned from his teaching to call myself a Christian feminist, adding that… — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
Please know that I am aware of the hazards. I want to do it because I want to do it. Women must… — Amelia Earhart Copy Share Image
If we value what we've inherited for free - from other women - surely it's right morally and ethically for us to… — Annie Lennox Copy Share Image
Numerically speaking, half the population cannot be a minority. Yet when it comes to women, the numbers plainly show that the mathematically… — Gayle Tzemach Lemmon Copy Share Image
“But what Mayil liked the most was how birds behaved when they disagreed. If one bird was angry with another, it simply… — Priyadarshini Copy Share Image
Women who have had no lovers, or having had one, two or three, have not found a husband, have perhaps rather had… — Samuel Richardson Copy Share Image
What the women do is become caretakers for the men. In those circumstances, I decided, and many others have, that there's a… — Mary Daly Copy Share Image
A woman should not hold on to her man so tight, afraid to let him out of sight. A woman should give… — Rita Zahara Copy Share Image
The great mass of women throughout history have been confined to the cultural level of animal life in providing the male with… — Kate Millett Copy Share Image
In some ways, privileged women who are closer to power wind up being able to exert their influence in ways that change… — Rebecca Traister Copy Share Image
The people who resent me do so because I'm a woman, I'm young, and I'm a Bhutto. Well, the simple answer is,… — Benazir Bhutto Copy Share Image
“I want to write a book called, "Bonfires and Bras," which follows around a young, braless feminist who struggles to adopt in… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
I want to reduce the stigma of the word 'feminism.' It's not about eliminating and excluding. You can be yourself and still… — Zoe Buckman Copy Share Image
“We women have intuition," Barby said loftily. "I wouldn't expect you to understand. I can't imagine why there aren't more women detectives.” — John Blaine Copy Share Image
There is no more potent weapon in any profession than a woman with a feminine exterior and a will of steel, and… — Maryanne Trump Barry Copy Share Image
Young women today often have very little appreciation for the real battles that took place to get women where they are today… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
I do want to work on a larger scale with bigger budgets partially as a way to prove that women can do… — Elizabeth Banks Copy Share Image
On the other end of the spectrum, these women who do live long enough to collect Social Security face the challenge of… — Ginny Brown-Waite Copy Share Image
I do see the ministry of Human Resources Development through the prism of gender. I see it through the prism of capabilities. — Smriti Irani Copy Share Image
