It was true what they said about an American woman's…

I have no hesitation in saying that although the American woman never leaves her domestic sphere and is in some respects very dependent within…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

When I was 12 years old, I went to Natchitoches, La.; it was summer vacation with my family. We visited a plantation, Melrose. And…

— Robert Wilson

When I see a fan coming over, I can't help but make an assumption about what they want to talk about. A middle-aged American…

— Natalie Dormer

Being in the body of an African-American woman, I prefer animation. I get to be everybody. I don't have to always be the white…

— Cree Summer

“Through my willingness to train every day and to dig deep in the after-class ukemi sessions, over time I earned the respect and friendship…

— Linda Holiday

“She was bold, and yet she was reserved. She was sensual and girlish, but she was never coy. So I think that what she…

— Paul Fees

“He tells me of one American woman, forty-five years old, who was able to conceive only after being blessed by the Holy Dildo. That’s…

— Eric Weiner

All of my history as an African-American woman, as a Jewish woman, as a Muslim woman. I'm bringing everything I ever knew, and all…

— Maya Angelou

I went to Dartmouth College so simply by being an Indian-American woman, I was already so statistically interesting. And then the fact that I…

— Mindy Kaling

Ben Marcus has created an innovative and unflinching portrait of the turmoil of the human condition, providing the reader a most rare gift: something…

— Myla Goldberg

It is often falsely assumed, even by feminists, that sexuality is the enemy of the female who really wants to develop these aspects of…

— Germaine Greer

I'm not a woman! Let's make that very clear! Oh I don't know, maybe I am. I am an American woman. Or 65 percent…

— Lars von Trier

It's important for women to understand that it's bad enough that we don't make dollar-for-dollar what men do, but when you distill that down…

— Nina Turner

The hearts of Afro-American women are too warm and too large for race hatred. Long suffering has so chastened them that they are developing…

— Fannie Barrier Williams

“Today my elation over Obama's election is tempered by a far more sobering awareness. As an African American woman, with three young children who…

— Michelle Alexander