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title: "4 Held Woman Quotes by 3 authors"
description: "Browse 4 Held Woman quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Held Woman sayings and thoughts."
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> [“she thought about being held to the woman's chest, and lying there hair-smoothed and quiet until she felt she'd found home. ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-franklin/she-thought-about-being-held-to-the-woman-s-chest-and-lying-there/)

[Emily Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-franklin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cc/emily-franklin-28748_felt-home_she-thought-about-being-held-to-the-woma_283270.jpg)

> [There is not a job I've held in my career that was held by a woman before me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-a-woertz/there-is-not-a-job-i-ve-held-in-my-career-that-was-held-by-a-woman/)

[Patricia A. Woertz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-a-woertz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3d/patricia-a-woertz-38848_before_there-is-not-a-job-i-ve-held-in-my-caree_1753379.jpg)

> [I do struggle to identify an occasion when I was held back because I'm a woman... You don't think about it at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicola-sturgeon/i-do-struggle-to-identify-an-occasion-when-i-was-held-back-because-i/)

[Nicola Sturgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicola-sturgeon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa6/nicola-sturgeon-1950_looking-back_i-do-struggle-to-identify-an-occasion-wh_1921882.jpg)

> [There is not a job Ive held in my career that was held by a woman before me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-a-woertz/there-is-not-a-job-ive-held-in-my-career-that-was-held-by-a-woman/)

[Patricia A. Woertz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-a-woertz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e5/patricia-a-woertz-38848_career_there-is-not-a-job-ive-held-in-my-career_2687493.jpg)

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