American Quote by Stephanie Coontz

When Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, declaring that all men were created equal, he owned slaves. Women couldn't vote. But, throughout history,…

— Marvin Ammori

American inequality didn't just happen. It was created.

— Joseph Stiglitz

Every constitution written since the end of World War II includes a provision that men and women are citizens of equal stature. Ours does…

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

The ratification of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote marked a major turning point for America.

— Mike Parson

While women were finally given the right to vote in the United States with the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920, the Republican…

— Kayleigh McEnany

The Constitution did not mention women when it was first written, and it still doesn't.

— Gloria Steinem

We didn't necessarily write about women's rights or talk about it. We were just doing it.

— Charlotte Caffey

“Women like Aislynn cast their first votes in 1870. It was not until 1919 that the US Congress passed the amendment to allow women…

— Susan Denning

“Equality, as understood by the American Founders, is the natural right of every individual to live freely under self-government, to acquire and retain the…

— Mark R. Levin

The demolishment of the power of organized Christianity in the Western world to finally realize the emancipation of women and give them the vote…

— John Shelby Spong

The true republic: men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less.

— Anonymous

Gender and race got very entwined in the 19th century, as abolition broke out, and then women wanted the right to speak about it.

— Sue Monk Kidd