Developing Quote by Nancy Hartsock

“I am no feminist. Even though the term "feminism" is founded upon the basic principle of gender equality, it possesses its own fundamental gender…

— Abhijit Naskar

“Feminist consciousness-raising has not significantly pushed women in the direction of revolutionary politics. For the most part, it has not helped women understand capitalism–how…

— bell hooks

I'm glad that we have a history at all and that we can talk about feminist history. But I do think that it doesn't…

— Jessica Valenti

Each feminist work has tended to be received as if it emerged from nowhere; as if each one of us had lived, thought, and…

— Adrienne Rich

Feminists are in an untenable position, defending something they no longer believe in, and which history will force them to recognize was destructive of…

— Dave Sim

If this analysis of history is approximately sound and if the future like the past is to be crowded with changes and exigencies, then…

— Mary Ritter Beard

“Historical materialism has every reason to distinguish itself sharply from bourgeois habits of thought. Its founding concept is not progress but actualization.”

— Walter Benjamin

“If we start close to home, we open ourselves out. I will try to show how, in making sense of things that happen, we…

— Sara Ahmed

Women have their uses for historians.

— Ronald Syme

I've never been drawn to the feminist movement. I was brought up to believe that men had little to do with the home or…

— Beryl Bainbridge

“Feminism remains a crucial element of any program for social justice today, which is why patriarchal forces attempt to eliminate or marginalize feminist ideas.”

— Robert Jensen

“Looking at my life through the lens of history has made me increasingly grateful to standout women who pushed those boundaries to make the…

— Sara Sheridan