Hawaii's own Patsy Mink served as the first congresswoman of color and first Asian American woman in the House; she later sought… — Colleen Hanabusa Copy Share Image
I don't live my life as a writer. I'm a mother, an African-American woman, and I do everything that everybody else does… — Terry McMillan Copy Share Image
“That's the first thing that strikes an American woman about Europe-that it's unsanitary. Impossible for them to conceive of a paradise without… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
As an activist, organizer, Palestinian, and a Muslim-American woman, I have faced many obstacles in the industry I work in. I often… — Linda Sarsour Copy Share Image
I try to convey what it feels like and sounds like and smells like and looks like inside of my particular skin,… — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
While American men are fighting to rid the old world of autocracy let American women set to and rid the new world… — Crystal Eastman Copy Share Image
The American woman is more stylish than any other in the world. She understands the power of good style and has the… — Max Azria Copy Share Image
The more knowledgeable the African-American woman becomes about herself and her history, the more attractive her personality becomes. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
An accurate charting of American women's progress through history might look more like a corkscrew tilted slightly to one side, its loops… — Susan Faludi Copy Share Image
When I arrived at the Capitol in 2007 to take my oath as a new member of the U.S. House of Representatives,… — Mazie Hirono Copy Share Image
I just don't feel that we've traveled very far in the realm of social equality. There just seems to be a little… — Sarah Paulson Copy Share Image
In civil and political affairs, American women take no interest or concern, except so far as they sympathize with their family and… — Catharine Beecher Copy Share Image
“And the frontier in here?" the North American woman had asked, tapping her forehead. "And the frontier in hear?" General Arroyo had… — Carlos Fuentes Copy Share Image
“The American woman is the most intelligent woman in the world today - the only one that always knows what she wants,… — Marcel Duchamp Copy Share Image
“Through my willingness to train every day and to dig deep in the after-class ukemi sessions, over time I earned the respect… — Linda Holiday Copy Share Image
By the 1970s, the American woman was being called 'liberated' or 'superwoman' while the American man was being called 'baby killer' if… — Warren Farrell Copy Share Image
Notable American Women gives us, with great panache and in eerie detail, a world that is cruelly reasonable within the near-religious limitations… — Gilbert Sorrentino Copy Share Image
“She was bold, and yet she was reserved. She was sensual and girlish, but she was never coy. So I think that… — Paul Fees Copy Share Image
I am an African-American woman of dark skin tone, and there are very specific roles that are usually given to African-American women… — LaChanze Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, I'm still an African-American woman in a male-dominated industry, so sometimes you have to deal with… — Karen Civil Copy Share Image
Fom the out set, the War on Terror was sharply different from other U.S. military actions in the strong support it received… — Dick Morris Copy Share Image
In the early years of the Roaring Twenties, American women not only won the right to vote but they also earned headlines… — Donna de Varona Copy Share Image
I went to Dartmouth College so simply by being an Indian-American woman, I was already so statistically interesting. And then the fact… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
Notable American Women is an enchanting and moving novel. Like Italo Calvino and Lewis Carrol, Ben Marcus reconfigures the world that we… — Maureen Howard Copy Share Image
“Sarah (Winnemucca) is best known for her 1883 autobiography, Life among the Piutes: Their Wrongs and Theirs Claims, the first memoir writen… — Linda Rodríguez McRobbie Copy Share Image
Which is mightily ironic since one of the most common criticisms of American women novelists (it's a load of crap but it… — Lidia Yuknavitch Copy Share Image
I'm always talking about how representation is such an important thing - it's not just a request, it's a requirement - it… — Bianca Belair Copy Share Image
Feminists have convinced themselves that any difference between men and women is oppression and that women in the United States are an… — Phyllis Schlafly Copy Share Image
In my memoir, I wanted to introduce American women to Iranian women and our lives. I'm not from the highest echelons of… — Shirin Ebadi Copy Share Image
I have no hesitation in saying that although the American woman never leaves her domestic sphere and is in some respects very… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
“The woman turned to me with a pleasant smile on her face. It didn't waiver or look forced, and her expression didn't… — Pepper Pace Copy Share Image
Being in the body of an African-American woman, I prefer animation. I get to be everybody. I don't have to always be… — Cree Summer Copy Share Image
Newsweek recently asked American women which women they admire the most, and the answer varied, actually, depending on which political party you… — Michel Martin Copy Share Image
Practices such as arranged marriages and restrictions on girls attending school have deep roots, and changing them is a gradual process. Sometimes… — Tina Brown Copy Share Image
American women often fall into the trap of, "Oh, these are my weekend clothes. These are my work clothes. This is what… — Michael Kors Copy Share Image
The potential significance of Black feminist thought goes far beyond demonstrating that African-American women can be theorists. Like Black feminist practice, which… — Patricia Hill Collins Copy Share Image
When birth control pills were available in Europe but not in the United States, American women created an uproar about how the… — Warren Farrell Copy Share Image
I fall into that nebulous, quote-unquote, normal American woman size that legions of fashion stylists detest. For the record, I'm a size… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
American women of wealth, education, virtue and refinement, if you do not wish the lower orders of Chinese, Africans, Germans and Irish,… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
All of my history as an African-American woman, as a Jewish woman, as a Muslim woman. I'm bringing everything I ever knew,… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
