Body Quote by Naomi Alderman

The women's movement appeared at a very crucial moment in my life. There was a whole political movement asking such questions and others I…

— Adrienne Rich

When I was growing up, the current of feminism was strong. You just had to step off the bank, and you'd be swept up.…

— Nina Tassler

I think the Women's movement has had a major impact on everybody's lives in our nation and in the world as a whole.

— Bell Hooks

The significance of feminist movement (when it is not co-opted by opportunistic, reactionary forces) is that it offers a new ideological meeting ground for…

— Bell Hooks

The feminist movement has been important to me because it's made me feel less odd and also because it has made me understand some…

— Susan Sontag

The women's movement was always going to work in two parts. With one part, we'd break open the doors that were closed to women,…

— Ellen Goodman

The media and even, to some degree, leaders of women's organizations don't understand that the women's movement is an absolute part of society now.…

— Betty Friedan

I think the main goal of the feminist movement was the status degradation of the full-time homemaker. They really wanted to get all women…

— Phyllis Schlafly

I think we really need a movement to drive how popular culture understands the issues that feminists care about. When I think about the…

— Ai-jen Poo

Feminism as a political movement has to specifically address the needs of men in their struggle to revolutionize their consciousness.

— Bell Hooks

I was trying to uphold what I thought feminism was as best I could by supporting women, by trying to create an opportunity to…

— Sarah McLachlan

for me, the beauty of feminism is that it is a social and political movement that has redefined the power and obligation of the…

— Vivian Gornick