Feminism Quotes by Bella Abzug

17 Feminism quotes by Bella Abzug

Bella Abzug’s seventeen statements blend legislative experience with activist vigor, giving readers a vivid sense of her commitment to women's rights.

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A woman's place is in the house - the House of Representatives.

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This woman's place is in the House - the House of Representatives.

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Working women wore hats. It was the only way they would take you seriously.

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We have done almost everything in pairs since Noah, except govern. And the world has suffered for it.

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Women have been trained to speak softly and carry a lipstick. Those days are over.

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Women will change the nature of power, rather than power changing the nature of women.

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Imperfect though it may be, the Beijing Platform for Action is the strongest statement of consensus on women's equality, empowerment and justice…

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Women will not simply be mainstreamed into the polluted stream. Women are changing the stream, making it clean and green and safe…

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When I first became a lawyer, only 2% of the bar was women. People would always think I was a secretary. In…

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the women's movement, not only here in the U.S., but worldwide, is bigger and stronger than ever before and in places where…

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As women, we know that we must always find ways to change the process because the present institutions want to hold on…

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We are bringing women into politics to change the nature of politics, to change the vision, to change the institutions. Women are…

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Our struggle today is not to have a female Einstein get appointed as an assistant professor. It is for a woman schlemiel…

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We are affirming human rights for all women and girls, acknowledging the full range of diversity that exists, and detailing actions to…

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They used to give us a day-it was called International Women's Day. In 1975 they gave us a year, the Year of…

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Women's struggle for equality worldwide is about more than equality between men and women. Our struggle is about reversing the trends of…

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“Our struggle today is not to have a female Einstein get appointed as an assistant professor. It is for a woman schlemiel…

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The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes.

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I am not a centrist.

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As women, we know that we must always find ways to change the process because the present institutions want to hold on to power…

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When I was a young lawyer, working women wore hats. It was the only way they would take you seriously.

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All of the men on my staff can type.

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I prefer the word 'homemaker' because 'housewife' always implies that there may be a wife someplace else.

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Women will change the nature of power, rather than power changing the nature of women.

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I am not elevating women to sainthood, nor am I suggesting that all women share the same views, or that all women are good…

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Women have been trained to speak softly and carry a lipstick. Those days are over.

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the women's movement, not only here in the U.S., but worldwide, is bigger and stronger than ever before and in places where it has…

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Our struggle was political, ideological and economic, and we felt we couldn't make something of ourselves unless we bettered society. We saw the two…

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Maybe we weren't at the Last Supper, but we're certainly going to be at the next one.

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“Our struggle today is not to have a female Einstein get appointed as an assistant professor. It is for a woman schlemiel to get…

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Women's struggle for equality worldwide is about more than equality between men and women. Our struggle is about reversing the trends of social, economic,…

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