Analysis Quote by Christopher Hitchens

For 'Rosa Luxemburg,' I read everything by and about her, but the first time I was stuck in that corset, I got an understanding…

— Barbara Sukowa

Before my book, the most common assessment of Eleanor Marx is "Yes, she's great but basically she's in the shadow of her father." Absolute…

— Rachel Holmes

Rosa Parks inspired many. She will not be forgotten.

— John Shimkus

I've always been fascinated by Madam Walker's ability to use her money for political causes. I find her story so inspires people that it…

— A'Lelia Bundles

I think Eleanor Roosevelt's so popular at Allenswood because it's the first time she is, number one, free. But it's the first time somebody…

— Blanche Wiesen Cook

My favourite author is Leon Trotsky - the political philosophy and the way he writes is beautiful, and really relevant, too.

— Andrej Pejic

Eleanor Roosevelt's very helpful to a lot of children who cannot speak French, who do not write well. And Marie Souvestre is fierce. She…

— Blanche Wiesen Cook

I think of Harriet Muse as one fierce lady. She couldn't read. She had no education. She did labor her whole life. And she…

— Beth Macy

I think psychologically [Margaret Thatcher] is really worth studying. I am reading Charles Moore's biography of her, and he has gotten us right there…

— Hilary Mantel

An interviewer asked me what book I thought best represented the modern American woman. All I could think of to answer was: Madame Bovary.

— Joseph McCarthy

Gloria Steinem in the women's movement. Eleanor Smeal of the Feminist Majority. There are all of these great wonderful women I've met that are…

— Dolores Huerta

I've just finished reading a book about the brilliant Margaret Rutherford. She wasn't a beauty, but inside she was absolutely blazing and passionate about…

— Sophie Thompson