Women Quotes
This is a large page and a mixed one. Feminist theory, nineteenth-century verse, comedy and plain contempt sit side by side, and the source line is how you tell them apart. Warren Farrell has the most entries, then Shakespeare, Camille Paglia and Mignon McLaughlin.
Some of the best-sourced entries are the plainest. Betty Friedan, in The Feminine Mystique (1963): “The problem lay buried, unspoken for many years in the minds of American women.” Shulamith Firestone, in The Dialectic of Sex (1970), argued that women and love are underpinnings, and that examining them threatens the whole structure of a culture. Dorothy Parker, in Enough Rope (1926), observed that men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.
Two statements that are regularly credited to Catharine MacKinnon are flagged here as misattributed. If you are checking one of them, the notes on its page are the place to start.
"I may be a woman, but women’s rights are not my only focus. I want the rights of all Egyptians."
They said 'that's not a profession for women, But I was determined to make a difference in my life
Education is essential for advancing gender equality and empowering women in Angola.
Despite our hardships we managed to do very well in school, and our mother was a determined woman.
I have since been recognised as the first woman university graduate from East and Central Africa.
I asked myself: 'What can we do?' Women have to get out of this situation.
I embrace my emotions, weaknesses and strengths. I love being a woman