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— Dorothy Height — Dorothy Height — Dorothy Height — Bernice Sandler — Bernice Sandler — Bernice Sandler — Loretto Gubernatis — Loretto Gubernatis — Loretto Gubernatis - Hillary Clinton - Hillary Clinton - Hillary Clinton - Eleanor Roosevelt - Eleanor Roosevelt - Eleanor Roosevelt - Michelle Obama - Michelle Obama - Michelle Obama - Ayn Rand (Author) - Ayn Rand (Author) - Ayn Rand (Author) - Maya Angelou (Civil Rights Activist, Poet) - Maya Angelou (Civil Rights Activist, Poet) - Maya Angelou (Civil Rights Activist, Poet) - Maya Angelou (Civil Rights Activist, Poet) - Maya Angelou (Civil Rights Activist, Poet) - Maya Angelou (Civil Rights Activist, Poet) — Gloria Steinem — Gloria Steinem — Gloria Steinem — Kofi Annan — Kofi Annan — Kofi Annan — Kofi Annan — Kofi Annan — Kofi Annan — Hillary Clinton — Hillary Clinton — Hillary Clinton — Oprah Winfrey — Oprah Winfrey — Oprah Winfrey — Audre Lorde — Audre Lorde — Audre Lorde — Mary Shelley — Mary Shelley — Mary Shelley — Alice Walker — Alice Walker — Alice Walker — Evita Peron — Evita Peron — Evita Peron — Susan B. Anthony — Susan B. Anthony — Susan B. Anthony ― Melinda Gates, The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World ― Melinda Gates, The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World ― Melinda Gates, The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World “Defining freedom cannot amount to simply substituting it with inclusion. Countering the criminalization of Black girls requires fundamentally altering the relationship between Black girls and the institutions of power that have worked to reinforce their subjugation. History has taught us that civil rights are but one component of a larger movement for this type of social transformation. Civil rights may be at the core of equal justice movements, and they may elevate an equity agenda that protects our children from racial and gender discrimination, but they do not have the capacity to fully redistribute power and eradicate racial inequity. There is only one practice that can do that. Love.” “Defining freedom cannot amount to simply substituting it with inclusion. Countering the criminalization of Black girls requires fundamentally altering the relationship between Black girls and the institutions of power that have worked to reinforce their subjugation. History has taught us that civil rights are but one component of a larger movement for this type of social transformation. Civil rights may be at the core of equal justice movements, and they may elevate an equity agenda that protects our children from racial and gender discrimination, but they do not have the capacity to fully redistribute power and eradicate racial inequity. There is only one practice that can do that. Love.” “Defining freedom cannot amount to simply substituting it with inclusion. Countering the criminalization of Black girls requires fundamentally altering the relationship between Black girls and the institutions of power that have worked to reinforce their subjugation. History has taught us that civil rights are but one component of a larger movement for this type of social transformation. Civil rights may be at the core of equal justice movements, and they may elevate an equity agenda that protects our children from racial and gender discrimination, but they do not have the capacity to fully redistribute power and eradicate racial inequity. There is only one practice that can do that. Love.” ― Monique Morris, Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools ― Monique Morris, Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools ― Monique Morris, Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools ― Jane Austen, Persuasion ― Jane Austen, Persuasion ― Jane Austen, Persuasion ― Malala Yousafzai ― Malala Yousafzai ― Malala Yousafzai ― Malala Yousafzai ― Malala Yousafzai ― Malala Yousafzai ― Malala Yousafzai ― Malala Yousafzai ― Malala Yousafzai ― Helen Keller ― Helen Keller ― Helen Keller ― Mary Wollstonecraft ― Mary Wollstonecraft ― Mary Wollstonecraft ― Faye Wattleton ― Faye Wattleton ― Faye Wattleton ― Bella Abzug ― Bella Abzug ― Bella Abzug ― Anita Hill, Speaking Truth to Power ― Anita Hill, Speaking Truth to Power ― Anita Hill, Speaking Truth to Power — Gloria Steinem — Gloria Steinem — Gloria Steinem — Gloria Steinem — Gloria Steinem — Gloria Steinem — Tina Fey — Tina Fey — Tina Fey ― Abigail Adams ― Abigail Adams ― Abigail Adams ― Sheryl Sandberg, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead ― Sheryl Sandberg, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead ― Sheryl Sandberg, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead ― Marie Shear ― Marie Shear ― Marie Shear“I have been in the proximity of, and threatened by, the Klan; I have been called everything people of color are called; I have been denied admission because of a quota. I've had all of that, but I've also learned that getting bitter is not the way.”
“Sex prejudice is so ingrained in our society that many who practice it are simply unaware that they are hurting. It is the last socially acceptable prejudice."
“I don't compete, I shine. If you shine too, there will be more light!"
“Take criticism seriously, but not personally. If there is truth or merit in the criticism, try to learn from it. Otherwise, let it roll right off you.”
“Do what you feel in your heart to be right - for you’ll be criticized anyway.”
“Success isn’t about how much money you make; it’s about the difference you make in people’s lives.”
“The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me?”
“If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.”
"I am a feminist. I’ve been female for a long time now. I’d be stupid not to be on my own side."
"A gender-equal society would be one where the word 'gender' does not exist: where everyone can be themselves."
"When God created man and woman, he was thinking, 'Who shall I give the power to, to give birth to the next human being?' And God chose woman. And this is the big evidence that women are powerful."
"Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and building good governance."
"Human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human rights."
"Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism."
"I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have a voice because they were so terrified, because we are taught to respect fear more than ourselves. We've been taught that silence would save us, but it won't."
"I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves."
"One child must never be set above another, even in casual conversation, not to mention in speeches that circle the globe."
"I demanded more rights for women because I know what women had to put up with."
"Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less."
“As women gain rights, families flourish, and so do societies. That connection is built on a simple truth: Whenever you include a group that's been excluded, you benefit everyone. And when you're working globally to include women and girls, who are half of every population, you're working to benefit all members of every community. Gender equity lifts everyone. Women's rights and society's health and wealth rise together.”
“I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.”
“I raise up my voice-not so I can shout but so that those without a voice can be heard...we cannot succeed when half of us are held back.”
“The extremists are afraid of books and pens, the power of education frightens them. they are afraid of women.”
“With guns you can kill terrorists, with education you can kill terrorism.”
“Blindness separates people from things;
deafness separates people from people.”“I love man as my fellow; but his scepter, real, or usurped, extends not to me, unless the reason of an individual demands my homage; and even then the submission is to reason, and not to man.”
“Reproductive freedom is critical to a whole range of issues. If we can’t take charge of this most personal aspect of our lives, we can’t take care of anything. It should not be seen as a privilege or as a benefit, but a fundamental human right.”
“The test of whether or not you can hold a job should not be in the arrangement of your chromosomes.”
“Women who accuse men, particularly powerful men, of harassment are often confronted with the reality of the men’s sense that they are more important than women, as a group.”
“Men should think twice before making widowhood women's only path to power.”
“Feminism has never been about getting a job for one woman. It's about making life more fair for women everywhere. It's not about a piece of the existing pie; there are too many of us for that. It's about baking a new pie.”
“And, you know, politics aside, the success of Sarah Palin and women like her is good for all women - except, of course —those who will end up, you know, like, paying for their own rape ‘kit ‘n’ stuff, But for everybody else, it’s a win-win. Unless you’re a gay woman who wants to marry your partner of 20 years - whatever. But for most women, the success of conservative women is good for all of us. Unless you believe in evolution. You know - actually, I take it back. The whole thing’s a disaster.”
“...remember the ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands. Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could. 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.”
“In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders.”
"Feminism is the radical notion that women are people.”