Control Quote by C. Vivian Stringer

“No one had ever advocated her independence before. The entire success of her marriage, her whole career as a woman, depended largely upon her…

— Kathleen Tessaro

“Once a woman is comfortable in her own skin, living her own life and building a foundation by herself; it takes one heck of…

— Nikki Rowe

“I have worked all my life and believe that women need to be independent. My mum was a good example. When my dad died,…

— Halimah Yacob

“At first the lives of women frightened me. They seemed so fragile, so dependent on fathers and husbands and brothers and lovers. Gradually, though,…

— Alice Steinbach

“The modern man needs to catch on to the fact that women want to be treated as equals, but only when it suits us.…

— Jodi Ellen Malpas

“an independency. And, by the way, in the new code of laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make, I…

— John Adams

“Crucially, many of those radically single and late-married women were the ones who were able to devote their unmarried, nonmaternal lives to changing the…

— Rebecca Traister

“...remember the ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of…

— Abigail Adams

“And many women, whether or not they are politically active, ideologically committed feminists, or whether they have simply considered the lives of their mothers…

— Rebecca Traister

“That I was not long brought up by the concubine of my father; that I preserved the flower of my youth. That I took…

— Marcus Aurelius

“And, in any case, the idea of independence was a fantasy. Everyone depended on someone.”

— Rohinton Mistry

“For two young women, bound together by blood and circumstance, but divided by religion, politics, and social class, the consequences were much more personal.”

— Stephen A. Reger