«Women’s Equality and feminism»

There is a plan and a purpose, a value to every life, no matter what its location, age, gender or disability.

Sharron Angle

A woman is human. She is not better, wiser, stronger, more intelligent, more creative, or more responsible than a man. Likewise, she is never less. Equality is a given. A woman is human.

(The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration)

Vera Nazarian

All men should be feminists. If men cared about women’s rights, the world would be a better place.

John Legend

As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole world.

Virginia Woolf

I hate being told I can’t do something because I’m a girl!

Thanhha Lai

Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish.

Albert Einstein

Feminism isn’t about hating men. It’s about challenging the absurd gender distinctions that boys and girls learn from childhood and carry into their adult lives.

Robert Webb

When a man gives his opinion, he’s a man. When a woman gives her opinion, she’s a bitch.

Bette Davis

When a woman becomes her own best friend life is easier.

Diane Von Furstenberg

Human rights are women’s rights, and women’s rights are human rights.

Hillary Clinton

The word feminism has become synonymous with man-hating when in fact it has more to do with women than men.

(The Opposite of Indifference: A Collection of Commentaries)

Aysha Taryam

It is not your job to convince men to like you.

Maggie Young

The Constitution did not mention women when it was first written, and it still doesn’t.

Gloria Steinem

Love is not getting high on fantasies of romance, the perfect lover, absolute happiness and sexual ecstasy. Love is based on a two way communication and respect, and that only exists between equals.

Anselma Dell’Olio

In societies where men are truly confident of their own worth, women are not merely tolerated but valued.

Aung San Suu Kyi

. . . women were brought up to have only one set of manners. A woman was either a lady or she wasn’t, and we all know what the latter meant. Not even momentary lapses were allowed; there is no female equivalent of the boys-will-be-boys concept.

(Common Courtesy: In Which Miss Manners Solves the Problem That Baffled Mr. Jefferson)

Judith Martin

I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves.

Mary Shelley

No woman gets an orgasm from shining the kitchen floor.

Betty Friedan

The extension of women’s rights is the basic principle of all social progress.

Charles Fourier

The most important factor in determining whether you will succeed isn’t your gender - it’s you.

Angela Braly

Women will only have true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

If someone believes they are limited by their gender, race or background, they will become more limited.

Carly Fiorina

Virtue can only flourish among equals.

Mary Wollstonecraft

We are struggling for a uniting word, but the good news is that we have a uniting movement.

Emma Watson