Dependence Quote by Mary Wollstonecraft

If the abstract rights of man will bear discussion and explanation, those of women, by a parity of reasoning, will not shrink from the…

— Mary Wollstonecraft

“Another much-discussed question is, whether women are intended by nature to be subject to men.“No,” said a very gallant philosopher to me the other…

— Montesquieu

Women have to stop pretending the choices we make, particularly if we have a platform, don't affect others. We have to be held accountable.

— Keli Goff

Women punish themselves for the failure to conform.

— Sandra Bartky

Studies show that women seeking power tend to be punished for doing so, because it goes against cultural bias. Women are expected to be…

— Catherine Mayer

Let women be provided with living strength of their own. Let them have the means to attack the world and wrest from it their…

— Simone de Beauvoir

Women need to be empowered to shape their own livelihoods and become CEOs of their own lives. They must be allowed to take control…

— Philomena Kwao

The world needs women to redefine what it means to be a person of power

— Elizabeth Lesser

“the more understanding women acquire, the more they will be attached to their duty, comprehending it, for unless they comprehend it, unless their morals…

— Mary Wollstonecraft

As long as outmoded ways of thinking prevent women from making a meaningful contribution to society, progress will be slow. As long as the…

— Nelson Mandela

“Yet women, whose minds are not enlarged by cultivation, or in whom the natural selfishness of sensibility hasn’t been expanded by reflection, are very…

— Mary Wollstonecraft

Education, leading to financial independence, has surely made women more empowered.

— Sudha Murty