Community Quote by Valentina Tereshkova

“Women have a role to play in global development.”

— Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

“Women were made to empower! Women were made to be fierce! Women are strong! Women are creative! Happy International Women's Day!”

— Hopal Green

More women should actively participate in space flight. There are many well educated women working in the space industry; they are very good candidates.

— Valentina Tereshkova

Because of [Amelia Earhart], we had more women available to fly in the 1940's to help us get through World War II. And because…

— Eileen Collins

“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

I think there is an enormous appetite for great roles for women.

— Felicity Jones

The multiple roles that women can play in a society if given the opportunity is really a tremendous asset.

— Margaret Chan

I got the role I loved the most at a point in my career when most women are being phased out.

— Candice Bergen

Other women who flew were women of independent means. But I had to do something with it.

— Nancy Bird Walton

And while national military forces have historically resisted the full participation of women soldiers, female talent has found plenty of scope in revolutionary and…

— Katherine Dunn

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

I am convinced that the women of the world, united without any regard for national or racial dimensions, can become a most powerful force…

— Coretta Scott King