Women Equality Quotes

• We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back.

  Malala Yousafzai

  Strong Women, Powerful, Empowering

  Malala Yousafzai's Speech to the UN General Assembly, www.independent.co.uk. July 12, 2013.

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• Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less.

  Susan B. Anthony

  Witty, Strong Women, Independent

  Motto of The Revolution (newspaper), 8 Jan. 1868

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  Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.

  Nora Ephron

  Life, Inspiring, Encouraging

  FaceBook post by Nora Ephron from Jun 26, 2012

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  IT IS TIME THAT WE ALL SEE GENDER AS A SPECTRUM INSTEAD OF TWO SETS OF OPPOSING IDEALS.

  Emma Watson

  Equality, Two, Feminist

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  We need women at all levels, including the top, to change the dynamic, reshape the conversation, to make sure women’s voices are heard and heeded, not overlooked and ignored.

  Sheryl Sandberg

  Motivational, Strong Women, Voice

  Sheryl Sandberg's Commencement Address Barnard College in New York City, New York, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 17, 2011.

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• Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.

  Socrates

  Philosophical, Equality, Sisterhood

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  It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.

  Madeleine Albright

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

  "Madeleine Albright: An Exclusive Interview". Interview with Marianne Schnall, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 15, 2010.

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• How can we effect change in the world when only half of it is invited or feel welcome to participate in the conversation?

  Emma Watson

  Equality, Half, World

  Emma Watson's Speech on Gender Equality at the United Nations, www.thoughtco.com. February 26, 2018.

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• The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says, 'It's a girl.'

  Shirley Chisholm

  Girl, Equality, Emotional

  "Anthology : Quotations and Sayings of People of Color" by Walter B. Hoard, (p. 36), 1973.

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  No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness

  Quoted in Vidette-Messenger (Valparaiso, Ind.), 7 June 1941 See Channing 1

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• Woman must not accept; she must challenge. She must not be awed by that which has been built up around her; she must reverence that woman in her which struggles for expression.

  Margaret Sanger

  Strong Women, Courage, Struggle

  Margaret Sanger (2005). “Woman and the New Race”, p.99, Cosimo, Inc.

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• The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.

  Ayn Rand

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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  If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice, or representation.

  Abigail Adams

  Women, Memorable, Equality

  Letter to John Adams, 31 Mar. 1776 See Defoe 2

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• Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you aren't.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Leadership, Business, Women

  Margaret Thatcher, Iain Dale (1997). “As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations”, Robson Book Ltd

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• If it is true that men are better than women because they are stronger, why aren't our sumo wrestlers in the government?

  Toshiko Kishida

  Women, Government, Words Of Wisdom

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• Why are women... so much more interesting to men than men are to women?

  Virginia Woolf

  Women, Interesting, Feminism

  A Room of One's Own ch. 2 (1929)

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• Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or nothing in the world's estimation.

  Susan B. Anthony

  Reform, World, Women's Suffrage

  Lynn Sherr, Susan B. Anthony (1995). “Failure Is Impossible: Susan B. Anthony in Her Own Words”, Crown

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• We've chosen the path to equality, don't let them turn us around.

  Geraldine Ferraro

  Women, Empowering, Feminist

  Geraldine Ferraro, Linda Bird Francke (1985). “Ferraro: My Story”, p.268, Northwestern University Press

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• If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things.

  Saul Bellow

  Teacher, Women, Ability

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• If non-violence is the Law of our being, the future is with Women.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Equality, Law, Women Empowerment

  Mahatma Gandhi, K. Swaminathan (1988). “A Gandhi Reader”, Stosius Incorporated/Advent Books Division

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• I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels.

  Maya Angelou

  Love, Inspirational, Girl

  Maya Angelou, Jeffrey M. Elliot (1989). “Conversations with Maya Angelou”

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• Making it through the ceiling to the other side was simply a matter of running on a path created by every other woman's footprints.

  Shonda Rhimes

  Inspirational, Running, Ceilings

  Shonda Rhimes (2015). “Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person”, p.173, Simon and Schuster

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• Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, 'She doesn't have what it takes'; They will say, 'Women don't have what it takes.'

  Clare Boothe Luce

  Inspirational, Strong Women, Independent Women

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• Today the two hundred million men in our country are entering into a civilized new world...but we, the two hundred million women, are still kept down in the dungeon.

  Qiu Jin

  Country, Men, Two

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• Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.

  Abigail Adams

  Wedding, Husband, Women

  Letter to John Adams, 31 Mar. 1776 See Defoe 2

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