Family Quote by Jessi Combs

We didn't really grow up in a gendered environment. We didn't have a hierarchy. My family is fearless. They truly believe that they have…

— Ilhan Omar

We were unusually brought up; there was no gender differentiation. I was never thought of as any less than my brother.

— Maya Lin

For a long time, I really blithely walked around in the world imagining that gender didn't matter any more and behaving like I was…

— Kerry Bishe

I talk a lot about the men in my family because my mother died when I was little, and my grandmother died when my…

— Ilhan Omar

I had grown up in a world dominated by women - I had aunts and sisters and great-aunts - and I just felt like…

— Laurie Simmons

I can honestly say that the expectations of others, when I was in my twenties contributed to the lack of my own personal awareness…

— Judi Love

I never, ever grew up as a young woman believing that my gender would stand in the way of doing anything I wanted.

— Jacinda Ardern

I came from a big family - two brothers and two sisters. So, there were always a ton of boys around and a ton…

— Blake Lively

I never really felt aware of my gender, being a woman, and whether that was in my favor or not. Because there's nothing I…

— Thea Sharrock

It's a common issue that you see out there, where some families aren't as accepting of what people choose to be in their life.

— La La Anthony

Our parents treated all three of us - two sisters and a brother - equally. When it came to education, or our future plans,…

— Chanda Kochhar

Fortunately, unlike my teachers and classmates, my parents never forced gender roles or even a ended identity on me. I grew up on a…

— Rain Dove