Breakdown Quote by Bella Abzug

Women have always struggled with their men-folk for the abolition of slavery, the liberation of countries from colonialism, the dismantling of apartheid and the…

— Gertrude Mongella

Just as the world war is no white man's war, but every man's war, so is the struggle for woman suffrage no white woman's…

— Carrie Chapman Catt

...a political struggle that does not have women at the heart of it, above it, below it, and within it is no struggle at…

— Arundhati Roy

The story of women's struggle for equality belongs to no single feminist nor to any one organization but to the collective efforts of all…

— Gloria Steinem

Feminism, unlike almost every other social movement, is not a struggle against a distinct oppressor - it's not the ruling class or the occupiers…

— Kavita Ramdas

Women really must have equal pay for equal work, equality in work at home, and reproductive choices. Men must press for these things also.…

— Erica Jong

Women must see that there can be no liberation for them and no solution to the ecological crisis within a society whose fundamental model…

— Rosemary Radford Ruether

We have to bridge and join our struggles and understand how we can't fight violence against women without looking at racism, we can't fight…

— Eve Ensler

Women's fight for equal rights is essentially a humanist and peaceful struggle for true democracy, and a higher form of civilization.

— Leyla Zana

The fight for equality is a battle to be seen and heard. But the price of political power has been the scrutiny, and sometimes…

— Rachel Reeves

Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and…

— Kofi Annan

The female struggle implies the black struggle, it implies the struggle with anti-Semitism, it implies all of the other struggles. That is the only…

— Sally Potter