Children Quote by Alexandra Fuller

My mother was a dominant force in our family. And I always saw her as the leader. And that was great for me as…

— Dolores Huerta

My mother's a staunch feminist, so I grew up with very strong feminist messages. As a result, I battled her in my teenage years…

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

Until the day she died, my mother continued to fight for the rights of women. She joined all the women's movements of the time;…

— Indira Gandhi

Ultimately, the forces of dictatorship and extremism robbed me of my mother, but she lives on as a symbol of hope, a role model…

— Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

My mother was a feminist, and she gave me some tools of self-possession and self-empowerment, but now that I have lived here for forty-three…

— Ani DiFranco

My mother was a dominant force in our family. And that was great for me as a young woman, because I never saw that…

— Dolores Huerta

Peace in patriarchy is war against women.

— Maria Mies

Now my mother, interestingly enough, was not a feminist in her own mind.

— Elizabeth Moon

Like many traditional feminists, I became one of the boys, only better. For a while it gave me a buzz to win at their…

— Scilla Elworthy

My mum always felt that women deserved as much as men, and should have as much power, so I suppose I opted to go…

— Jo Brand

I didn't know feminism was actually a thing until I left home and found out the country didn't run the way my mom's house…

— Joss Whedon

My mother really was an extraordinary, inspirational, tough, cool, sexy, funny woman and that's the kind of woman I've always surrounded myself with. It's…

— Joss Whedon