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Helen Rowland: A Bachelor of...

Helen Rowland: A Bachelor of...

A Bachelor of Arts is one who makes love to a lot of women, and yet has the art to remain a...

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Anne Morrow Lindbergh: I do not...

Anne Morrow Lindbergh: I do not...

I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone...

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Linda Ellerbee: Styles, like everything...

Linda Ellerbee: Styles, like everything...

Styles, like everything else, change. Style doesn't.

Source: Move On.
-- Linda...

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Peg Bracken: This wild emaciated...

Peg Bracken: This wild emaciated...

This wild emaciated look appeals to some women, though not to many men, who are seldom seen pinning up a Vogue...

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Estelle Ramey: I don't mind...

Estelle Ramey: I don't mind...

I don't mind . . . the fun and games of being treated like a fragile flower. But as a physiologist working with the...

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Madame Chiang Kai-Shek: Of all the...

Madame Chiang Kai-Shek: Of all the...

Of all the inventions that have helped to unify China perhaps the airplane is the most outstanding. Its ability to...

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Mary Catherine Bateson: Sharing is sometimes...

Mary Catherine Bateson: Sharing is sometimes...

Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Freda Adler: It is not...

Freda Adler: It is not...

It is not only by the questions we have answered that progress may be measured, but also by those we are still...

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Charlotte Forten Grimke: Provoking, isn't it?...

Charlotte Forten Grimke: Provoking, isn't it?...

Provoking, isn't it? that when one is most in need of sensible words, one finds them not.

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Anna Julia Cooper: . . ....

Anna Julia Cooper: . . ....

. . . women are more quiet. They don't feel called to mount a barrel and harangue by the hour every time they imagine...

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Elizabeth Dole: We aim to...

Elizabeth Dole: We aim to...

We aim to give a 'wake-up call' to businesses, to alert them to the fact that the next 'fair-haired boy' of their...

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Elizabeth Dole: We have learned...

Elizabeth Dole: We have learned...

We have learned that power is a positive force if it is used for positive purposes.

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Patricia Schroeder: Many women have...

Patricia Schroeder: Many women have...

Many women have more power than they recognize, and they're very hesitant to use it, for they fear they won't be...

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Geraldine Ferraro: Modern life is...

Geraldine Ferraro: Modern life is...

Modern life is confusing no Ms take about it.

Source: Explaining her preference for...

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Geraldine Ferraro: You don't have...

Geraldine Ferraro: You don't have...

You don't have to have fought in a war to love peace.

Source: In The Last Word - A...

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Princess Anne: Golf seems to...

Princess Anne: Golf seems to...

Golf seems to be an arduous way to go for a walk. I prefer to take the dog's out.

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Elizabeth II: Work is the...

Elizabeth II: Work is the...

Work is the rent you pay for the room you occupy on earth.

Source: In Quotable...

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Nancy Astor: I can conceive...

Nancy Astor: I can conceive...

I can conceive of nothing worse than a man-governed world -- except a woman-governed...

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Madeleine L'Engle: No matter how...

Madeleine L'Engle: No matter how...

No matter how true I believe I am writing to be, if the reader cannot also participate in that truth, then I have...

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George Eliot: Tis God gives...

George Eliot: Tis God gives...

'Tis God gives skill, but not without men's hand: He could not make Antonio Stradivarius's violins without...

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