I just feel so lucky and fortunate to be a part of all these 'first-evers.' Now it's getting to a point where… — Carmella Copy Share Image
It is not possible to be truly balanced in one's views of an abuser and an abused woman. As Dr. Judith Herman… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
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Abolition didn't just happen - people made it happen. Women's suffrage didn't just happen - people made it happen. Civil Rights legislation… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
When the Ladies Chess Club was founded in London in 1895 and the first international women-only competition took place two years later,… — Judit Polgar Copy Share Image
As a young woman in politics, with few women around, you start to subconsciously behave like men in politics. That comes across… — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
Women boxers prefer to focus on the win rather than the bravado. We've come a long way. In the '90s, you only… — Nicola Adams Copy Share Image
We don't all have to believe in the same feminism. Feminism can be pluralistic so long as we respect the different feminisms… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
The 1970s were so wonderful for women writers. There were all these women, and they were seen as doing the most interesting,… — Lisa Tuttle Copy Share Image
I remember being one of those women who never imagined I would get married and have children. You ask any of my… — Mercedes Schlapp Copy Share Image
As far as I was concerned, it was the absence of women in the poetic tradition which allowed women in the poems… — Eavan Boland Copy Share Image
I would love to do espionage like 'The Thomas Crown Affair,' that kind of thing. And I've always had a fascination with… — Lynn Whitfield Copy Share Image
By 1956, London Transport was recruiting in Barbados, even loaning migrants the costs of their passage to Britain. British Rail placed ads… — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
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A woman with fair opportunities, and without an absolute hump, may marry whom she likes. Only let us be thankful that the… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
I truly feel like Fabulous Moolah is the pioneer for women in sports-entertainment. I don't think anyone can deny her accomplishments or… — Michelle McCool Copy Share Image
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'Sex and The City' was made to correct the myth that if you were single at a certain age, you were a… — Michael Patrick King Copy Share Image
Every blue-stocking will remain a spinster as long as there are sensible men on the earth. [Fr., Toute fille lettree restera fille… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
“One should remember that where nobody flees, there is no pursuer: that where there are no little fish, there can be no… — Jose Rizal y Alonso Copy Share Image
There are times where you don't think you can be one of those strong women. You're not one of the leaders right?… — Lights Copy Share Image
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I totally support women working on their relationships, their careers, or whatever they need to do to be healthy moms, but it's… — Constance Marie Copy Share Image
To a psychoanalyst, a woman pilot, particularly a married one with children, must prove an interesting as well as an inexhaustible subject.… — Louise Thaden Copy Share Image
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Millions of innocent men, women, and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burned, tortured, fined, and imprisoned, yet we have… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
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“Wine and women make wise men dote and forsake God's law and do wrong." However, the fault is not in the wine,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When I was into my 30s, I became increasingly depressed by rejection letters. I had had the feeling that by the time… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
For a country such as India, whose public healthcare system is already severely strained, the lack of awareness and adaptation of safe… — Shabana Azmi Copy Share Image
Men are forever eager to press drink upon those they consider their superiors, hoping thereby to eliminate that distinction between them… And… — Ken Kesey Copy Share Image
If you are going out, and if you want women to pick you up, wear skinny jeans. Trust me: women will be… — Nigel Barker Copy Share Image
“When a man modifies or adorns a woman's name, or dispatches an endearment into her vicinity, he is attempting at once to… — Ben Marcus Copy Share Image
I think one of the things I've learned is that the tone of an organization is set from the top down. And… — Gretchen Carlson Copy Share Image
He ploughs the waves, sows the sand, and hopes to gather the wind in a net, who places his hopes on the… — Jacopo Sannazaro Copy Share Image
The Women's Sports Foundation has empowered so many young girls and women across the U.S. I benefitted from WSF with a travel… — Michelle Kwan Copy Share Image
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Women of all ethnicities, complexions, and sizes want to be able to wear makeup and nice clothes. No one wants to go… — Philomena Kwao Copy Share Image
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