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Women's rights26 quotes
Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less. — Susan B. Anthony · 1868That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place! And ain't I a woman? Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain't I a woman? I could work as much and eat as much as a man-when I could get it-and bear the lash as well! And ain't I a woman? I have borne thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother's grief, none but Jesus heard me! And ain't I a woman? — Sojourner Truth · 1851The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged... On account of sex. — 1920It is the glory of each generation to make its own precedents. — Belva Lockwood · 1877No woman can call herself free who does not own and control her body. No woman can call herself free until she can choose consciously whether she will or will not be a mother. — Margaret Sanger · 1920I do not wish them to have power over men; but over themselves. — Mary Wollstonecraft · 1792All 26 quotes →Men and women6 quotes
Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less. — Susan B. Anthony · 1868I would earnestly ask my sisters to keep clear of both the jargons now current everywhere... Of the jargon, namely about the "rights" of women, which urges women to do all that men do... Merely because men do it, and without regard to whether this is the best that women can do; and of the jargon which urges women to do nothing that men do, merely because they are women... Woman should bring the best she has, whatever that is... Without attending to either of these cries. — Florence Nightingale · 1860The history of men's opposition to women's emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story of that emancipation itself. — Virginia Woolf · 1929Our ancestors refused to allow any woman to transact even private business without a guardian to represent her; women had to be under the control of fathers, brothers, or husbands. But we (heaven preserve us!) are now allowing them even to take part in politics, and actually to appear in the Forum and to be present at our meetings and assemblies!... Give a free rein to their unprincipled nature, to this untamed animal, and then expect them to set a limit on their own license! — Livy · 9 BCIf men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament. — Florynce Kennedy · 1973In this century, which is the century of light and the revelation of mysteries... It is well established that mankind and womankind as parts of composite humanity are coequal and that no difference in estimate is allowable, for all are human. — Abdu'l-Baha · 1912Women's equality5 quotes
Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less. — Susan B. Anthony · 1868It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union. And we formed it, not to give the blessings of liberty, but to secure them; not to the half of ourselves and the half of our posterity, but to the whole people - women as well as men. — Susan B. Anthony · 1872It was we, the people, not we, the white male citizens, nor yet we, the male citizens, but we, the whole people, who formed this Union. And we formed it, not to give the blessings of liberty, but to secure them; not to the half of ourselves and the half of our posterity, but to the whole people-women as well as men. — Susan B. Anthony · 1873Join the union, girls, and together say, "Equal Pay for Equal Work!" — Susan B. Anthony · 1869Let woman then go on-not asking favors, but claiming as a right the removal of all hindrances to her elevation in the scale of being-let her receive encouragement for the proper cultivation of all her powers, so that she may enter profitably into the active business of life... Then in the marriage union, the independence of the husband and wife will be equal, their dependence mutual, and their obligations reciprocal. — Lucretia Mott · 1849Women4 quotes
I do not wish them to have power over men; but over themselves. — Mary Wollstonecraft · 1792I would earnestly ask my sisters to keep clear of both the jargons now current everywhere... Of the jargon, namely about the "rights" of women, which urges women to do all that men do... Merely because men do it, and without regard to whether this is the best that women can do; and of the jargon which urges women to do nothing that men do, merely because they are women... Woman should bring the best she has, whatever that is... Without attending to either of these cries. — Florence Nightingale · 1860Why then should women be denied the benefit of instruction? If knowledge and understanding had been useless additions to the sex, God Almighty would never have given them capacities. — Daniel Defoe · 1697That woman's physical structure and the performance of maternal functions place her at a disadvantage in the struggle for subsistence is obvious. This is especially true when the burdens of motherhood are upon her... As healthy mothers are essential to vigorous offspring, the physical wellbeing of woman becomes an object of public interest and care in order to preserve the strength and vigor of the race. — David J. Brewer · 1908Abortion3 quotes
Get the government out of my fucking snatch. — Selina Meyer · 2014Okay, no uterus, no opinion. — Rachel Green · 2002If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament. — Florynce Kennedy · 1973Oppression of women3 quotes
The history of men's opposition to women's emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story of that emancipation itself. — Virginia Woolf · 1929If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament. — Florynce Kennedy · 1973I was told that desire for learning in women was against the will of God. — Mary Butts · 1937Voting rights3 quotes
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged... On account of sex. — 1920The single most impressive fact about the attempt by American women to obtain the right to vote is how long it took. — Alice Rossi · 1973With the nation-wide induction of womanhood into our political life, we may count upon her intuitions, her refinements, her intelligence, and her influence to exalt the social order. We count upon her exercise of the full privileges and the performance of the duties of citizenship to speed the attainment of the highest state. — Warren G. Harding · 1921Education2 quotes
Why then should women be denied the benefit of instruction? If knowledge and understanding had been useless additions to the sex, God Almighty would never have given them capacities. — Daniel Defoe · 1697I was told that desire for learning in women was against the will of God. — Mary Butts · 1937Gender relations2 quotes
I do not wish them to have power over men; but over themselves. — Mary Wollstonecraft · 1792In this century, which is the century of light and the revelation of mysteries... It is well established that mankind and womankind as parts of composite humanity are coequal and that no difference in estimate is allowable, for all are human. — Abdu'l-Baha · 1912Activism1 quote
Yes, injured Woman! rise, assert thy right! — Anna Laetitia Barbauld · 1825Changing with the times1 quote
It is the glory of each generation to make its own precedents. — Belva Lockwood · 1877Civil Rights Amendments1 quote
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged... On account of sex. — 1920Equal pay1 quote
Join the union, girls, and together say, "Equal Pay for Equal Work!" — Susan B. Anthony · 1869Equality1 quote
In this century, which is the century of light and the revelation of mysteries... It is well established that mankind and womankind as parts of composite humanity are coequal and that no difference in estimate is allowable, for all are human. — Abdu'l-Baha · 1912Intersectionality1 quote
That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place! And ain't I a woman? Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain't I a woman? I could work as much and eat as much as a man-when I could get it-and bear the lash as well! And ain't I a woman? I have borne thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother's grief, none but Jesus heard me! And ain't I a woman? — Sojourner Truth · 1851Misogyny1 quote
Our ancestors refused to allow any woman to transact even private business without a guardian to represent her; women had to be under the control of fathers, brothers, or husbands. But we (heaven preserve us!) are now allowing them even to take part in politics, and actually to appear in the Forum and to be present at our meetings and assemblies!... Give a free rein to their unprincipled nature, to this untamed animal, and then expect them to set a limit on their own license! — Livy · 9 BCNineteenth Amendment1 quote
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged... On account of sex. — 1920Patriarchy1 quote
Our ancestors refused to allow any woman to transact even private business without a guardian to represent her; women had to be under the control of fathers, brothers, or husbands. But we (heaven preserve us!) are now allowing them even to take part in politics, and actually to appear in the Forum and to be present at our meetings and assemblies!... Give a free rein to their unprincipled nature, to this untamed animal, and then expect them to set a limit on their own license! — Livy · 9 BCPolitical progress1 quote
It is the glory of each generation to make its own precedents. — Belva Lockwood · 1877Racism1 quote
That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place! And ain't I a woman? Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain't I a woman? I could work as much and eat as much as a man-when I could get it-and bear the lash as well! And ain't I a woman? I have borne thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother's grief, none but Jesus heard me! And ain't I a woman? — Sojourner Truth · 1851Women's suffrage movement1 quote
The argument of the broken window pane is the most valuable argument in modern politics. — Emmeline Pankhurst · 1912