Constructs Quote by Stacy Schiff

“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

The thing women must do to rise to power is to redefine their femininity. Once, power was considered a masculine attribute. In fact power…

— Katharine Graham

As women demanded access to power, the power structure used the beauty myth materially to undermine women's advancement.

— Naomi Wolf

Women power is a formidable force.

— Gro Harlem Brundtland

Once, power was considered a masculine attribute. In fact, power has no sex.

— Katharine Graham

Often, in books, I find female power to be cartoonish - power is a process, an evolution - it has responsibilities. It's not as…

— Deborah Harkness

The more women succeed and rise up into positions of power, the more remote they become from actual masculine energy.

— Camille Paglia

A fondness for power is implanted in most men, and it is natural to abuse it when acquired.

— Alexander Hamilton

It's because it was at a time when women didn't have any power. It was so unusual for a young woman in her 20s…

— Marlo Thomas

Women do not want power over men, they want power over themselves.

— Mary Wollstonecraft

Power is what men seek, and any group that gets it will abuse it. It is the same story.

— Lincoln Steffens

The biggest problem that women have is being ambivalent about their own power, ... We should be comfortable with the idea of wielding power.…

— Elizabeth Wurtzel