Affected Quote by Eve Arnold

I really thought I should tell a story about women who live in a rural part of America, particularly those who are poor, and…

— Nia DaCosta

Poverty was my mother's midwife. She had her children in poverty. But she also found a road to bring us a sense of purpose,…

— Harry Belafonte

Today is International Women's Day, and there's a fantastic set of pieces running by an organization called ONE called "Poverty Is Sexist." It's a…

— Melinda Gates

I taught woman-centered childbirth classes for five years and have a particular interest in the history of childbirth practices.

— Jo Beverley

When I want to explain why empowering girls and women is critical to fighting poverty, I often tell a person's story. It's easier to…

— Helene D. Gayle

All of my life and particularly throughout of my public career, I have been talking about the feminization of poverty. And one of the…

— Letitia James

The most poor and backward areas in the world are those in which women are subjugated and exploited. Improving the situation of the woman…

— Isabel Allende

I really want to help write women back into history.

— Anita Sarkeesian

I was born in a very poor family. I used to sell tea in a railway coach as a child. My mother used to…

— Narendra Modi

While I am a lawyer by profession and have travelled to several countries, working and educating myself, I came from a rural background in…

— Dalia Grybauskaite

You almost have to create situations in order to write about them, so I live in a constant state of self-imposed poverty. I don't…

— Tom Waits

All my politics and campaigning has been around issues that affect women: violence against women, welfare cuts to women.

— Jack Monroe