When I see the elaborate study and ingenuity displayed by women in the pursuit of trifles, I feel no doubt of their… — Julia Ward Howe Copy Share Image
“Damsels were women unable to do anything more complicated than get themselves captured by overgrown lizards with virgin fetishes.” — S.E. Zbasnik Copy Share Image
While women's suffrage has not brought about the political millennium which its fondest backers predicted, its effects on the whole have been… — Jessie Daniel Ames Copy Share Image
We were idealists. We thought that when we got the vote the whole pattern of politics would be greatly improved and would… — Jessie Daniel Ames Copy Share Image
you have not a boat of your own, that is just it; that is what women always suffer from; they have to… — Ouida Copy Share Image
Women have always been at the forefront of progressive movements. Women can be depended on when you need bodies in the streets… — Martha Plimpton Copy Share Image
I call myself a feminist. Isn't that what you call someone who fights for women's rights? — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“How dare a person tell a woman, how to dress, how to talk, how to behave! Any being who does that, is… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
There was a time when women activists asked men to stand up for their rights. But this time we will do it… — Malala Yousafzai Copy Share Image
“The meanest girl who dances and dresses becomes something higher when her children look up into her face and ask her questions.… — Olive Schreiner Copy Share Image
You ask whether a woman should be paid the same wages as man when she does the same work? To this, there… — John Peter Altgeld Copy Share Image
“Humankind is made up of two sexes, women and men. Is it possible for humankind to grow by the improvement of only… — Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Copy Share Image
We are unalterably opposed to the presentation of the female body being stripped, bound, raped, tortured, mutilated, and murdered in the name… — Susan Brownmiller Copy Share Image
And when her biographer says of an Italian woman poet, 'during some years her Muse was intermitted,' we do not wonder at… — Anna Garlin Spencer Copy Share Image
“No nation can rise to the height of glory unless your women are side by side with you. We are victims of… — Muhammad Ali Jinnah Copy Share Image
It's going to be very important that we as women's rights advocates are involved in redistricting of both the states legislatures and… — Eleanor Smeal Copy Share Image
Women need to take charge of their lives and be as dynamic and active as they can be. I know that some… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
“She says it is a school for bluestockings which, according to her, is really only a fashionable way of saying it is… — Gwenn Wright Copy Share Image
“And - as a woman reconciled in her own body - I feel I can argue with anyone's god about my right… — Caitlin Moran Copy Share Image
“The thing about women is that they got liberated too fast. They never learned to be straightforward about life because they had… — Jennifer Crusie Copy Share Image
“I used to indulge in magical thinking when problems seemed insurmountable. Often, this focused on men, for they seemed to be the… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
“A little boy, he can play like he's a fireman or a cop--although fewer and fewer are pretending to be cops, thank… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
Why has America's fringe left been making common cause with the Taliban, whose views on such matters as women's rights and separation… — James Taranto Copy Share Image
Being asked to serve as UN Women’s Goodwill Ambassador is truly humbling. The chance to make a real difference is not an… — Emma Watson Copy Share Image
The Eleanor Roosevelt Award that I received for women's rights activities is one I treasure — Patty Duke Copy Share Image
“O my Courageous Sister! You have to become the beacon of hope for all women around you and then for the whole… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
I admire women who can be feminists and fight for women's rights, who believe in our powers as individuals and yet not… — Olivia Wilde Copy Share Image
“After listening to Rick Santorum, I'm now for late-term abortions (say up to age 53).” — Quentin R. Bufogle Copy Share Image
...a political struggle that does not have women at the heart of it, above it, below it, and within it is no… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
I know we can't abolish prejudice through laws, but we can set up guidelines for our actions by legislation. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Her mother always told her, “If he hits you, then you leave,” but Jack had never hit her, not with his fists.” — Shannon Celebi Copy Share Image
This is your life!!! The children/husbands/lovers are just one chapter. The stronger we (women) get the more loving we can be- to… — Cynthia Basinet Copy Share Image
“Education for women is something that has plagued the world for a very long time. When I saw this problem firsthand, I… — Sahndra Fon Dufe Copy Share Image
Religion is against women's rights and women's freedom. In all societies women are oppressed by all religions. — Taslima Nasrin Copy Share Image
Women have a much better time than men in this world; there are far more things forbidden to them. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Would that I were a man,’” I said, quoting Sarpalyce’s legend. “Except that I do not wish I were a man. I… — Marie Brennan Copy Share Image
I think it’s important that (Roe v. Wade) remain legal for medical reasons and other reasons. — Laura Bush Copy Share Image
The task of organizing human happiness needs the active cooperation of man and woman: it cannot be relegated to one half of… — Lillian Wald Copy Share Image
“Given the same honor and dignity as men, women can build a much better and more harmonious world.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Educate a man and you educate an individual. Educate a woman and you educate a family. — Arthur Shearly Cripps Copy Share Image
