When you look fear in the face, you are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The history of all times, and of today especially, teaches that...women will be forgotten if they forget to think about themselves. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We've actually named asteroids for other famous women in history, like Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, and Sojourner Truth. But it's really this… — Carrie Nugent Copy Share Image
“With you... I can understand why men have waged wars over women in history.” — Melissa Petreschock Copy Share Image
The very fears and guilts imposed by religious training are responsible for some of history's most brutal wars, crusades, pogroms, and persecutions,… — Barbara G. Walker Copy Share Image
“The secret of all greatness is in knowing what to do with time. The secret of all the great men and women… — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
I may be the first woman member of Congress, but I won’t be the last. — Jeannette Rankin Copy Share Image
Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
We ask only for justice and equal rights-the right to vote, the right to our own earnings, equality before the law. — Lucy Stone Copy Share Image
... over two hundred women, apparently at their own request, were sealed as wives to Joseph Smith after his death in special… — Fawn M. Brodie Copy Share Image
“The history keepers will no doubt tell their own tale, and the priests another. It is the men's accounts that seem to… — Tosca Lee Copy Share Image
I like characters and stories that challenge the status quo. Lately, I'm really interested in history because I find that in my… — Jessica Chastain Copy Share Image
Stacy Schiff is that rare combination: a first-rate historian and a brilliant storyteller. Using a wide range of sources, she spins straw… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“Some of the most dangerous women in history are not known as dangerous by having picked up a sword, a gun, or… — Rhiannon Mills Copy Share Image
It appears to me that our sex is only discussed publicly in a derogatory manner. The respectable woman is doomed to anonymity. — Karen Essex Copy Share Image
Never limit yourself because of others' limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination. — Mae Jemison Copy Share Image
Our 'pathway' is straight to the ballot box, with no variableness nor shadow of turning. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
For women, history does not exist. Murasaki, Sappho, and Madame Lafayette might be their own contemporaries. — Cesare Pavese Copy Share Image
The truth has never been told about women in history: that everywhere man has gone woman has gone too, and what he… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
“Liberia FEMINISM: Our women should be our HOPE, not those who we exploit for our own gains.” — Henry Johnson Jr Copy Share Image
“Added to the shock of the routine violation of their bodies was the trauma of having to relinquish their children to unknown… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
