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Patricia Schroeder: The mood of...

Patricia Schroeder: The mood of...

The mood of the 80s -- Get what you can, can what you get, and sit on the can.

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Elizabeth I: I thank God...

Elizabeth I: I thank God...

I thank God I am endued with such qualities that if I were turned out of the Realm in my petticoat I were able to live...

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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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Freda Adler: There is another...

Freda Adler: There is another...

There is another side to chivalry. If it dispenses leniency, it may with equal justification invoke...

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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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Anna Julia Cooper: Teach [our girls]...

Anna Julia Cooper: Teach [our girls]...

Teach [our girls] that there is a race with special needs which they and only they can help; that the world needs and...

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Bella Abzug: All of the...

Bella Abzug: All of the...

All of the men on my staff can type.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations for...

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Naomi Weisstein: Why have they...

Naomi Weisstein: Why have they...

Why have they been telling us women lately that we have no sense of humor -- when we are always laughing? . . . and...

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Gail Pursell Elliott: Life?s lessons may...

Gail Pursell Elliott: Life?s lessons may...

Life?s lessons may be viewed as difficulties or challenges to be overcome, but in reality they are an exercise in fine...

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Grace Murray Hopper: You cannot manage...

Grace Murray Hopper: You cannot manage...

You cannot manage men into battle. You manage things; you lead people.

Source: In...

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Phyllis McGinley: A lady is...

Phyllis McGinley: A lady is...

A lady is smarter than a gentleman, maybe,
She can sew a fine seam, she can have a baby,
She can use her...

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Grace Speare: When you think...

Grace Speare: When you think...

When you think something, you think in picture. You don't think a thought in words. You think a picture that expresses...

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Anne Hutchinson: I feel that...

Anne Hutchinson: I feel that...

I feel that nothing important ever happens that is not revealed to me beforehand.

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Harriet Tubman: I would fight...

Harriet Tubman: I would fight...

I would fight for my liberty so long as my strength lasted, and if the time came for me to go, the Lord would let them...

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Harriet Tubman: Never wound a...

Harriet Tubman: Never wound a...

Never wound a snake, kill it.

Source: In The Black Woman's Gumbo Ya-Ya, by Terri L....

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Antoinette Brown Blackwell: The brain is...

Antoinette Brown Blackwell: The brain is...

The brain is not, and cannot be, the sole or complete organ of thought and feeling.

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Rosa Parks: Memories of our...

Rosa Parks: Memories of our...

Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.

Source:...

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Florence Nightingale: I attribute my...

Florence Nightingale: I attribute my...

I attribute my success to this -- I never gave or took any excuse.

Source: In The...

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Angela Davis: Progressive art can...

Angela Davis: Progressive art can...

Progressive art can assist people to learn not only about the objective forces at work in the society in which they...

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Carry Nation: If you don't...

Carry Nation: If you don't...

If you don't do it, then the women of this state will do it . . . You refused me the vote and I had to use a...

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