Asks Quote by Elizabeth Cady Stanton

The destiny of the woman must be shaped to a large extent on her own conception of her spiritual imperative and her place in…

— Sandra Day O'Connor

Woman is the highest, holiest, most precious gift to man. Her mission and throne is the family, and if anything is withheld that would…

— John Todd

“Instead of asking, 'What should a woman do—what is her role?' it would be far more helpful to ask, 'What is a woman—what is…

— John Eldredge

“What is a woman's place in this modern world?" Jasnah Kohlin's words read. "I rebel against this question, though so many of my peers…

— Brandon Sanderson

“No woman is really humble; she is merely politic. No woman, with a free choice before her, chooses self-immolation; the most she genuinely desires…

— H.L. Mencken

“So, why do you write these strong female characters? Because you’re still asking me that question." [ Equality Now speech, May 15, 2006]”

— Joss Whedon

“What is a woman’s place in this modern world? I rebel against this question, though so many of my peers ask it. The inherent…

— Brandon Sanderson

To grant woman an equality with man in the affairs of life is contrary to every tradition, every precedent, every inheritance, every instinct and…

— Susan B. Anthony

In domestic life, the woman's value is inherent, unquantifiable; at home she exchanges proven values for mythological ones. She 'wants' to be at home,…

— Rachel Cusk

“perhaps the greatest challenge to thinking women is the challenge to move from the desire for safety and approval to the most "unfeminine" quality…

— Gerda Lerner

The future woman must have a life work and economic independence. She must have the right of motherhood at her own discretion.

— W. E. B. Du Bois

“The import is not the kind of work woman does, but rather the quality of the work she furnishes. She can give suffrage or…

— Emma Goldman