After Quote by Stacy Schiff

Ancient Egyptian women had rights under the law. They could own land. Many were literate.

— Bettany Hughes

I'm not an encyclopedia of ancient Egyptian history, but women did hold positions of status in ancient Egypt. Obviously, famously, people like Nefertiti and…

— Josh Gates

Cleopatra had one great advantage. She lived at a time when female sovereigns were not anomalies. And when women enjoyed rights they would not…

— Stacy Schiff

As a vibrant force in civil society, women continue to press for their rights, equal participation in decision-making, and the upholding of the principles…

— Michelle Bachelet

The patriarchy is alive and well in Egypt and the wider Arab world.

— Shereen El Feki

The Egyptian society needs to include its women if it wants to have economic prosperity.

— Christine Lagarde

“for in contrast to the restrictions imposed on respectable Greek women who only went out of the house as a last resort and even…

— Joann Fletcher

Egyptian women are tied down by a heritage of traditional values in their view of the world.

— Anonymous

Women are suffering because they are being excluded. The high military council excluded women from the committee to change the constitution [of Egypt]. We…

— Nawal El Saadawi

The good thing about Egypt is, between the two World Wars, Egypt was - had a liberal society. It has a political life. It…

— Hisham Melhem

I was always obsessed with ancient Egypt, but any time you go back to wouldn't be as good for women as now - so…

— Sara Pascoe

Even into the 20th century, women were still struggling in the Western world for rights that Islam had granted women in the 7th century:…

— Queen Noor of Jordan