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Jane Harrison: Old age, believe...

Jane Harrison: Old age, believe...

Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you...

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Emma Hart Willard: The education of...

Emma Hart Willard: The education of...

The education of females has been exclusively directed to fit them for displaying to advantage the charms of youth and...

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Charlotte Forten Grimke: May those whose...

Charlotte Forten Grimke: May those whose...

May those whose holy task it is,/To guide impulsive youth,
Fail not to cherish in their souls
A reverence for...

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bell hooks: Usually, when people...

bell hooks: Usually, when people...

Usually, when people talk about the strength of black women . . . . they ignore the reality that to be strong in the...

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Frances Perkins: Most of man's...

Frances Perkins: Most of man's...

Most of man's problems upon this planet, in the long history of the race, have been met and solved either partially or...

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Sylvia Ashton-Warner: What can be...

Sylvia Ashton-Warner: What can be...

What can be heavier than wealth than freedom?

Source: In The Last Word - A Treasury...

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Elizabeth Montagu: Minds ripen at...

Elizabeth Montagu: Minds ripen at...

Minds ripen at very different ages.

Source: Letter to Mrs. William Robinson, her...

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Patricia Meyer Spacks: Theories by women...

Patricia Meyer Spacks: Theories by women...

Theories by women about women have only recently begun to appear in print. Theories by men about women are...

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Patricia Meyer Spacks: The clich? that...

Patricia Meyer Spacks: The clich? that...

The clich? that women, more consistently than men, turn inward for sustenance seems to mean, in practice, that women...

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Christa McAuliffe: I cannot join...

Christa McAuliffe: I cannot join...

I cannot join the space program and restart my life as an astronaut, but this opportunity to connect my abilities as...

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Meridel Le Sueur: Hard times ain't...

Meridel Le Sueur: Hard times ain't...

Hard times ain't quit and we ain't quit.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations for...

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Corazon Aquino: All the world...

Corazon Aquino: All the world...

All the world wondered as they witnessed . . . a people lift themselves from humiliation to the greatest of...

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Margaret Chase Smith: When people keep...

Margaret Chase Smith: When people keep...

When people keep telling you that you can't do a thing, you kind of like to try it.

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Helen Keller: I seldom think...

Helen Keller: I seldom think...

I seldom think about my limitations, and they've never made me sad. Perhaps there is just a touch of yearning at...

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Andrea Dworkin: The common erotic...

Andrea Dworkin: The common erotic...

The common erotic project of destroying women makes it possible for men to unite into a brotherhood; this project is...

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Amelia Earhart: There are two...

Amelia Earhart: There are two...

There are two kinds of stones, as everyone knows, one of which rolls.

Source: 20...

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Rebecca West: The main difference...

Rebecca West: The main difference...

The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots.

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Bonnie Blair: The sport I...

Bonnie Blair: The sport I...

The sport I love has taken me around the world and shown me many things.

Source: In...

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Martina Navratilova: The image of...

Martina Navratilova: The image of...

The image of women is changing now. You don't have to be pretty for people to come and see you play. At the same...

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Florence Griffith Joyner: I pray hard,...

Florence Griffith Joyner: I pray hard,...

I pray hard, work hard and leave the rest to God.

Source: In Words of Women...

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