Language Quote by Kate Millett

The term 'lady' has been so misused, that I like better the old-fashioned term, woman.

— Fanny Fern

I don't like the word 'ladylike.'

— Emilia Wickstead

When women hear those words, an old, old memory is stirred and brought back to life. The memory is of our absolute, undeniable, and…

— Clarissa Pinkola Estes

What restricts the use of the word 'lady' among the courteous is that it is intended to set a woman apart from ordinary humanity,…

— Judith Martin

Give us that grand word 'woman' once again, and let's have done with 'lady'; one's a term full of fine force, strong, beautiful, and…

— Ella Wheeler Wilcox

It's interesting that, given our culture has so many words that refer to women in a truly derogatory fashion, it's 'lady' - a term…

— Sara Sheridan

This noble word [women], spirit-stirring as it passes over English ears, is in America banished, and 'ladies' and 'females' substituted: the one to English…

— Harriet Martineau

Now I am old-fashioned. A woman, I consider, should be womanly. I have no patience with the modern neurotic girl who jazzes from morning…

— Agatha Christie

“ “We are frequently referred to as the gentler sex. Foolish notion. Women are far more vicious than men. We are simply better at…

— Elisa Braden

Modern woman is no longer satisfied to be the beloved of a man; she looks for understanding, comradeship; she wants to be treated as…

— Emma Goldman

Being a 'Lady' used to be something to which all young women aspired.

— Martha MacCallum

“Now that you are living on such intimate terms with her, Gwyn has emerged as a slightly different person... She is both funnier and…

— Paul Auster