“Women in my country take their rights for granted and completely dissociate themselves from the women's rights movement and feminism. But I… — Cheryl Benard quoting Lorrie Copy Share Image
Man's world' and 'woman's place' have confronted each other since Scylla first faced Charybdis. ... if women have only a place, clearly… — Elizabeth Janeway Copy Share Image
“The female brain itself is a highly intuitive emotion-processing machine, which when put to practice in the progress of the society, would… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
It is not alone that justice is wounded by denying women a part in the making of the civilized world - a… — Ida Tarbell Copy Share Image
I am dedicated to ensuring reproductive health and freedom for all. Please join me in supporting Planned Parenthood's vital work to protect… — Kathleen Turner Copy Share Image
No American president can support an Egypt that calls into question the historic treaty between Israel and Egypt. And no American president… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
“Using one’s beauty was the only way a smart girl could get by, at least that’s how it was back then, though… — Shannon Celebi Copy Share Image
The only chance for much intellectual improvement in the female sex, was to be found in the families of the educated class… — Abigail Adams Copy Share Image
“The scriptures present a God who delights in genocide, rape, slavery, and the execution of nonconformists, and for millennia those writings were… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
“His sisters -- my aunts -- did not go to school at all, just like millions of girls in my country. Education… — Malala Yousafzai Copy Share Image
“Spring was becoming summer, not yet the oppressive heat of July and August, but sweaty days that were harbingers. Of course, now… — J.M. Redmann Copy Share Image
Why extremists always focus on women remains a mystery to me. But they all seem to. It doesn’t matter what country they’re… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
I take great solace in the fact that Donald Trump lost the popular vote. Hillary Clinton got over 2.5 million more votes… — Barbara Boxer Copy Share Image
Wherever I am, I see the yoke on women in some form or another. On some it sits easy for they are… — Abby May Alcott Copy Share Image
I care deeply about women's rights. I have been an outspoken advocate for them for many years and as secretary of state… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
“It is difficult to exaggerate the adverse influence of the precepts and practices of religion upon the status and happiness of woman.… — Hypatia Bradlaugh Bonner Copy Share Image
If you believe in equal rights, then what do “women’s rights,” “gay rights,” etc., mean? Either they are redundant or they are… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Nobody objects to a woman being a good writer or sculptor or geneticist if at the same time she manages to be… — Marya Mannes Copy Share Image
If there is one message that echoes forth from this conference, it is that human rights are women's rights — and women's… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
“I recommend the freedom that comes from asking: Compared to what? Hierarchical systems prevail by making us feel inadequate and imperfect. Whatever… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
“No matter how dark the cloud, there is always a thin, silver lining, and that is what we must look for. The… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
Women are not the weak, frail little flowers that they are advertised. There has never been anything invented yet, including war, that… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
I live in a war zone. I would never have imagined 37 years ago when I started practicing law that there would… — Gloria Allred Copy Share Image
Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform. Those who are… — Susan B. Anthony Copy Share Image
Women's rights, men's rights-human rights-all are threatened by the everpresent specter of war so destructive now of human material and moral values… — Rosika Schwimmer Copy Share Image
As a Goodwill Ambassador for UNIFEM, I've learned that violence against women knows no boundaries. Join me in helping women worldwide who… — Nicole Kidman Copy Share Image
Women themselves have the right to live in dignity, in freedom from want and freedom from fear. On this International Women's Day,… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
“I used to think I would be rewarded for good behavior. Therefore, if I wasn’t understood, I must not be understandable; if… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
“In order to gain gender equality, women and men must work together, equally, to teach our daughters and sons to embrace our… — Basia Christ Copy Share Image
Full democracy requires the full participation of women. Your voices are vital. The word 'vital' means necessary for life. A democracy, to… — Swanee Hunt Copy Share Image
All the work I did was to challenge politics, culture, and women's rights. I felt like I really wanted to break out.… — Malina Suliman Copy Share Image
There might be a lot of difference between Republicans and Democrats on key social issues like women's rights and health care. But… — Moby Copy Share Image
“It is time to renew the battle for reproductive rights. We have been outmaneuvered, outspent, outpostured, and outvoted by a group of… — Sarah Weddington Copy Share Image
“So you’re the infamous Manal al-Sharif,” he said, eyeing me from behind his desk. “Aren’t you ashamed of what you did?” “Is… — Manal al-Sharif Copy Share Image
“...religions all have the same timeline...First the people feel the need to worship something. The sun or the giant corn of ear.… — Carol Anshaw Copy Share Image
Without the means to prevent, and to control the timing of, conception, economic and political rights have limited meaning for women. If… — Alice S Rossi Copy Share Image
The question of woman's work in its economic aspect is really one not so much now of woman's rights as of woman's… — R. Heber Newton Copy Share Image
The important thing to note is that it is not important whether Malala was shot or not - Malala is not asking… — Malala Yousafzai Copy Share Image
The key thing is to ensure that we give the criminal-justice system the tools it needs, so that women's rights are turned… — Jon Kyl Copy Share Image
While women were tortured, drowned and burned by the thousands, scarce one wizard to a hundred was ever condemned ... The same… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
