Conducting Quote by Julie Burchill

[Turkish women] had lived free of the veil for 5,000 years, and had been covered only in the last 600 years.

— Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

“We are Turks with the affections of our women; and have made them subscribe to our doctrine too. We let their bodies go abroad…

— William Makepeace Thackeray

“Many women give up on how they look these days. They become a communality in a society that prefers to follow rather than stand…

— Neda Aria

Girls have always wanted to be pretty, even in Egyptian times. Cleopatra wore all that eyeliner, you know.

— Rita Ora

Women have been doing very, very strange things for centuries. I mean ancient Egyptians were already doing that, but I don't necessarily judge people…

— Cate Blanchett

I claim that every woman in this century and in our culture sphere who has ventured into male-dominated institutions - 'literature' and 'aesthetics' are…

— Christa Wolf

I reckon that women looked their best at the turn of the century.

— Laura Ashley

Lives in previous centuries for women are largely a matter of class. It would have been fun to have been a rich, privileged woman…

— Antonia Fraser

A lot of women are turned off by the physical appearance of some of the first feminists.

— Helen Reddy

Women are slaves to their beauty.

— Doris Lessing

I certainly don't think we're past the point in history where a woman's physical appearance may play some part in job availability or job…

— Doris Burke

“The true condition of a people may be known by the regard held for woman. The beauty of their women was extolled in song.…

— J. P. (John Patterson) MacLean