Candidates Quote by Barbara Mikulski

“The possibility of a woman pope was extraordinary, astounding, and if it happened, the consequences would be profound. Zachary”

— James Patterson

“When the late Pope John Paul II decided to place the woman so strangely known as “Mother” Teresa on the fast track for beatification,…

— Christopher Hitchens

She was an auxiliary nurse but training to be a true nurse because that was her calling, to serve mankind. She was a Martha.…

— Edna O'Brien

Nicole Kidman was an inspiration to me at the time I left the church. Knowing that she went on to have a successful and…

— Leah Remini

There was Pauline de Rothschild, who I thought was very fabulous, and Millicent Rogers, the Standard Oil heiress, very chic, very clever, very original.…

— Iris Apfel

“Pope Joan was an excellent read.”

— Donna Woolfolk Cross

I would say that Cynthia Nixon is somebody I admire, and Toni Collette as well. Those women - their work inspires me, whatever they…

— Alice Ripley

“She had a very traditional Catholic upbringing and that didn't deter her. On the contrary it strengthened her determination to be true to herself,…

— Diane Ackerman

It's just so hard sometimes to work out where people stand on these things. I mean, isn't the Pope a feminist?

— Elizabeth Joan Smith

“...Mary, fresh with feminist appropriations, has the potential to undergird women’s reformations.”

— Sue Monk Kidd

The Pope is a man. The Pope needs the input of women, too. And the Pope, too, has a heart that can have a…

— Pope Francis

If you aspired and wanted to get on in life, as so many immigrants families did, Margaret Thatcher was your champion, your role model,…

— Alok Sharma