I'm not sure that it matters as much to women as to our…

I do remember when I first went into politics, one of my competitors asked me, 'Well, Jenny Shipley, who's looking after your children?' I…

— Jenny Shipley

Many of my friends and colleagues are in the public eye, so they have to pay close attention to what they wear. But every…

— Nina Garcia

I've spent a lot of time in my political life talking about why it matters to have women in the decision making, whether it's…

— Jeanne Shaheen

It matters whether women sit at the table. No one speaks up for you when you are standing outside with your nose pressed up…

— Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

I've always enjoyed the respect from my male colleagues or my audiences all over the world. I've never suffered by the fact of being…

— Tarja Turunen

Every congresswoman surely endures the same strains that drive some of her male colleagues to have affairs: lots of travel, families far away, heady…

— Hanna Rosin

There was danger at times that women might not be judged by the highest standards, but more leniently because of their sex. "She is…

— Virginia Gildersleeve

...at this stage in the advancement of women the best policy for them is not to talk much about the abstract principles of women'srights…

— Virginia Gildersleeve

Some male colleagues, just as in accountancy, had doubts about whether women could perform some roles. There was a sense that women needed more…

— Cressida Dick

What I find is with all due deference to - deference to our male colleagues, that women's styles tend to be more collaborative.

— Susan Collins

There was danger at times that women might not be judged by the highest standards, but more leniently because of their sex. She is…

— Virginia Crocheron Gildersleeve

“John never felt the insecurity that underlay the surfaces of most men, and in his mind, he could easily conjure up those male colleagues…

— Ray Smith

When women do take on traditionally male subjects, certain male colleagues can seem affronted that a woman has dared to trespass on their subject.…

— Amanda Foreman

I have never consciously exploited the fact that I am a woman. I wouldn't dare try that even if I knew how to. I…

— Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn

Clearly people should meet an acceptable threshold of appropriateness! But I think that for many women in the public eye, it just seems that…

— Hillary Clinton