18th century Quote by Lady Sophia Fermor

“Given the same honor and dignity as men, women can build a much better and more harmonious world.”

— Abhijit Naskar

“Unfortunately, power is something that women abjure once they perceive the great difference between the lives possible to men and to women...”

— Carolyn G. Heilbrun

“She hadn't ascribed to this modern notion of equality between the sexes. Woman were patently superior.”

— Laura Kinsale

“But here is a sad truth: Our world is full of men and women who do not like powerful women. We have been so…

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

“In a world like this with no laws, no charter of human rights, it's the women who suffer. It's the women who learn what…

— Alex Scarrow

“I defend the authority of women and explore its meaning for them rather than assume they need to be more accommodating or sensitive.”

— David Bedrick

“women are the only group in history to be idealized into powerlessness”

— erica jong

“Women, as usual, were expected to behave better than men, and inevitably attracted criticism for doing things that men were licensed to do with…

— Alexander McCall Smith

“But for this epoch we must wait—wait, perhaps, till kings and nobles, enlightened by reason, and, preferring the real dignity of man to childish…

— Mary Wollstonecraft

“An educated woman carries herself with a humble, quiet grace, yet her presence is powerful. She does not feel as thou she needs to…

— Daniel Whyte III

“A woman can only satisfy and fulfil herself, I understood, when she establishes her own authority, and see beyond equality, realising how terrible and…

— Ronald Frame

“But here is a sad truth: Our world is full of men and women who do not like powerful women. We have been so…

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie