Claims Quote by Friedrich Engels

Merely external emancipation has made of the modern woman an artificial being. Now, woman is confronted with the necessity of emancipating herself from emancipation,…

— Emma Goldman

The emancipation of women must be the work of women themselves, independent of the class struggle.

— Simone de Beauvoir

Freedom cannot be achieved unless women have been emancipated from all forms of oppression... Our endeavors must be about the liberation of the woman,…

— Nelson Mandela

Emancipation should make it possible for woman to be human in the truest sense. Everything within her that craves assertion and activity should reach…

— Emma Goldman

The phrase, 'Emancipation of Women' is only an invention of the Jewish intellect and its content is stamped with the same spirit. In the…

— Adolf Hitler

For me emancipation will only be truly reached if a woman can wear makeup and skirts without having her abilities doubted as a result.

— Kristina Schroder

Women cannot claim the right to be considered mature and responsible until they decide the course of their lives for themselves and refuse to…

— Mary Barnett Gilson

The status of women up to now has been compared to that of a slave; women have been tied to the home, and only…

— Vladimir Lenin

“legal emancipation remains an empty shell if it does not include public services, social housing, and funding to ensure that women can leave domestic…

— Nancy Fraser

true emancipation ... will have to do away with the absurd notion of the dualism of the sexes, or that man and woman represent…

— Emma Goldman

The Revolution Cannot Triumph Without the Emancipation of Women

— Thomas Sankara

Women's history is the primary tool for women's emancipation.

— Gerda Lerner