Civil rights Quote by Laphonza Butler

Throughout my career I've fought for the rights of women as full and equal members of society.

— Kirsten Gillibrand

When I started giving talks about women's history, one of the things that bothered me was the tendency to say, 'Well, everybody was totally…

— Gail Collins

My parents were civil rights activists, and my mother was active in the feminist movement. Issues concerning marginalized people and especially women of color…

— Anna Holmes

When I was young, I also saw a lot of injustices around me lived by women.

— Maimouna Doucoure

Black women fought for the right to vote during the suffrage movement and fought again during the civil rights movement. The rote narrative in…

— Anthea Butler

Women had always fought for men, and for their children. Now they were ready to fight for their own human rights. Our militant movement…

— Emmeline Pankhurst

What I have learned the most is that women have always been integral to shaping America; they just haven't been recognized across all fields.

— Dyllan McGee

The history of American women is about the fight for freedom, but it's less a war against oppressive men than a struggle to straighten…

— Gail Collins

Until the day she died, my mother continued to fight for the rights of women. She joined all the women's movements of the time;…

— Indira Gandhi

For me, the struggle for women's human rights began the moment I was born in Tehran at the height of the Iranian Revolution, a…

— Nazanin Boniadi

The recognition of rights for women and minorities became a large part of my understanding of what this country is all about.

— Faye Wattleton

Young women today often have very little appreciation for the real battles that took place to get women where they are today in this…

— Sandra Day O'Connor