Right before the Bush inauguration, many women were greatly reassured when Laura said of Roe v. Wade on the 'Today' show, 'No,… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
Work-family conflicts - the trade-offs of your money or your life, your job or your child - would not be forced upon… — Letty Cottin Pogrebin Copy Share Image
“Very likely some Mrs Grundy will observe, "I don't believe it, boys will be boys, young men must sow their wild oats,… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
I can write about my culture and religion because I am a product of both. Even when I'm accused of giving ammunition… — Mona Eltahawy Copy Share Image
It is quite hard to be a working mother. At the same time, it is hugely rewarding. I have learnt to appreciate… — Konkona Sen Sharma Copy Share Image
While the women of the older generation were thankful if only they succeeded in obtaining 'a work and a duty,' however monotonous… — Ellen Key Copy Share Image
Fully 57 percent of American college students are women. Life insurance companies sell more policies to women than to men. As women… — Suzanne Fields Copy Share Image
Surely women's liberation is a most unpromising panacea. But the movement is working politically, because our sexuality is so confused, our masculinity… — George Gilder Copy Share Image
There is nothing so dangerous for anyone who has something to hide as conversation!... A human being, Hastings, cannot resist theopportunity to… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“I live in a house over there on the Island, and in that house there is a man waiting for me. When… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
I believe in highlighting the 'greatness' that I see in every single woman that I come across. There is such beauty in… — Raheem DeVaughn Copy Share Image
A state should protect citizens in general and women in particular. And in the 21st Century, every society needs to respect the… — Alberto Fernandez Copy Share Image
There is a world-old controversy that crops up whenever women attempt to enter a new field. Is a woman fit for that… — Ruth Bancroft Law Copy Share Image
Today for the first time, at least in this country, you don't have to use those powers to survive. Our societal structure… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The fact is men can't handle it. They can't take the heat when it gets ugly. Women, on the other hand, band… — Larry Brooks Copy Share Image
One of the effects of modern liberal Protestantism has been gradually to turn religion into poetry and therapy, to make truth vaguer… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
I've made it no secret that one of my idols is Vanessa L. Williams, the first Black woman to be crowned Miss… — Kenya Moore Copy Share Image
The message of our campaign is "Make every mother and child count". This campaign is not just about health. It is also… — Liya Kebede Copy Share Image
There's a great book called 'Britain's Black Past' edited by Gretchen Gerzina. It has a myriad of stories and angles on black… — Paterson Joseph Copy Share Image
“(Response to King Erik XIV of Sweden's proposal of marriage:) "[W]hile we perceive ... the zeal and love of your mind towards… — Elizabeth I Copy Share Image
I would like to make sure, first of all, that our women in the informal sector - I mean, these are the… — Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Copy Share Image
“I sometimes worried I'd never experience that sense of wonder you feel meeting a new friend or traveling to a new place… — Lilly Ledbetter Copy Share Image
The Israeli government has already established a fund to encourage young Arab women, specifically from the Bedouin community, to study engineering. We… — Naftali Bennett Copy Share Image
“The tape measures and weighing scales of the Victorian brain scientists have been supplanted by powerful neuroimaging technologies, but there is still… — Cordelia Fine Copy Share Image
It should be self-evident that women have the right to make decisions about their own bodies. Yet throughout history, those in power… — Isabella Lovin Copy Share Image
“In his experience with women, it was difficult to recover once things began to go wrong--once they had unreasonably decided that you… — John Lanchester Copy Share Image
How do you give smart, accomplished, ambitious women the same opportunities as men to reach their goals? What about universal preschool and… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
“A mission-minded family will serve together. Look for needs in your community and brainstorm with your spouse about how you can partner… — Lyli Dunbar Copy Share Image
I think that technology - computers and smart phones and 24-hour availability - often leaves me, and others I know, feeling blank… — Rebecca Traister Copy Share Image
We're connected, as women. It's like a spiderweb. If one part of that web vibrates, if there's trouble, we all know it,… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
The truth is women use contraception not only as a way to prevent unintended pregnancies, but also to improve their health and… — Felicity Huffman Copy Share Image
“She gathered herself together. No one could describe the scorn of her expression or the contemptuous hatred she put into her answer.… — William Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
A WOMAN should want to be like a BUTTERFLY.. Pretty to SEE and HARD to CATCH!! But CHICKS these days want to… — GoFigureThat Copy Share Image
I'm used to very strong women because my mother was particularly strong, and my father was away all the time. My mother… — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
The makers love to show women being oppressed, and the audience also loves watching these stories. I'm sorry to say, but a… — Alok Nath Copy Share Image
When men and women, boys and girls, are denied the right to education, the right to own land, the access to basic… — Winnie Byanyima Copy Share Image
There is a tendency to presume autobiography in fiction by women or minorities. Guys named Jonathan write universal stories, while there's this… — Rumaan Alam Copy Share Image
Suppose the pay gap between men and women were magically eliminated. If that happened, simple arithmetic suggests that half of women would… — Phyllis Schlafly Copy Share Image
Women today have so many opportunities in fields like engineering. The work is new and engineers are making things work, making the… — Judith Love Cohen Copy Share Image
It is unBritish to start telling women what they can and can't wear. It would immediately create a group who want to… — Damian Green Copy Share Image
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