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
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
Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or nothing in the world's estimation. — Susan B. Anthony Copy Share Image
I think feminists are unaware of the tremendous extent of the role of women in history. — Vivienne Westwood Copy Share Image
“With you... I can understand why men have waged wars over women in history.” — Melissa Petreschock 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
“Liberia FEMINISM: Our women should be our HOPE, not those who we exploit for our own gains.” — Henry Johnson Jr 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
People just want to hear some common sense... and I bring to bear the experience in local government and state government and… — Carol Moseley Braun 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
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
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
“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
“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
I didn't see many female politicians on TV. I didn't see women in history textbooks, so I did geography, and art and… — Emma Watson 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
Despite the modern dogma to the effect that women were a subject sex until the nineteenth century 'emancipated' them from history, women… — Mary Ritter Beard Copy Share Image
“It is harder for queens, who have no luxury of meekness. History does not know how to reconcile our ambition or our… — Tosca Lee 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
One of the advantages of being an older woman in films,is that you don't care as much about so many things. There… — Allison Janney 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
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
“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
“The role played by women in history is as underwritten in India as anywhere, so it is only right to end with… — Charles Allen 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
For women, history does not exist. Murasaki, Sappho, and Madame Lafayette might be their own contemporaries. — Cesare Pavese 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
I'm inspired by failure. The process of defeat – picking yourself back up again is the hardest thing in the world. — Lolo Jones Copy Share Image
“The secret of all the great men and women in history is that they converted their time into tangible products.” — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
Do you notice how all the self-sacrificing women in history; Joan of Arc, Mother Theresa, can't think of any others; they all… — Dr Gregory House Copy Share Image
Our society is so caught up in winning, we forget that most of the great men and women in history have, at… — Carleton Young Copy Share Image
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