Historian Quote by Eleanor Herman

“Women hold the pen to history's and herstory's narrative. Let's rewrite it with courage and conviction.”

— Dr. Tracey Bond

“The man makes History, the woman is History.”

— Oswald Spengler

“Human history is full of great men, great women, individuals, with the will for power - all of them with governesses like her.”

— Daniel Nayeri

“But history, real solemn history, I cannot be interested in. Can you?" "Yes, I am fond of history." "I wish I were too. I…

— Jane Austen

“History is, above all else, the creation and recording of that heritage; progress is its increasing abundance, preservation, transmission, and use. To those of…

— Will Durant

“A historian ought to be exact, sincere and impartial; free from passion, unbiased by interest, fear, resentment or affection; and faithful to the truth,…

— Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar

“History is sacred—like a nature hike. ‘Leave only footprints, take only memories.”

— Rysa Walker

“for it is the business and duty of historians to be exact, truthful, and wholly free from passion, and neither interest nor fear, hatred…

— Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

“History is not a dead thing or a sure thing. It lived with our choices and our dreams. It is the story of our…

— Joan Nestle

“History shapes the lives of all men, women and children ... sometimes unraveling humanity into an undesired mess.”

— Lynda I Fisher

To write history one must be more than a man, since the author who holds the pen of this great justiciary must be free…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

“(28) “Doctrine draws on the lessons of history”

— Gilbert Andrew Hugh Gordon