Books Quote by Amy Plum

“...chivalry was just another nefarious masculine scheme to keep women in their place.”

— Eve Babitz

“Chivalry does not imply that women are powerless. On the contrary, chivalry is an admission of women’s superiority.”

— Beth Fantaskey

“Trying to balance chivalry with equality, I always open a door for a Lady...then stick my foot out”

— Josh Stern

“I remembered a definition of chivalry I'd heard once: a man protecting a woman against every man but himself.”

— James Anderson

“What a loss it would be if feminism killed chivalry.”

— Joyce Rachelle

“Tell Chizalum that women actually don't need to be championed and revered; they just need to be treated as equal human beings.”

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

“Sad but true that nothing puts a woman in her place more effectively than a chivalrous gesture performed in a certain manner.”

— Pat Barker

“A man must be quite intelligent in order to accept that a woman is his intellectual equal.”

— Dora Musielak

“Today, no one questions-whether women are equal to men in ability and itelligence.”

— Julie Nixon Eisenhower

“There must be more than male benevolence as the basis for a woman's well-being.”

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

“We move closer to the larger goal of true equality with each woman who leans in.”

— Sheryl Sandberg

“when she was a young woman she valued intelligence over all other human attributes. Now that she was older she valued kindness.”

— Nevada Barr