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I never saw that great woman, Mary Wollstonecraft, but I have read her eloquent and unanswerable arguments in behalf of the liberty of womankind.
Susan B. Anthony1820–1906Speech at the 38th annual convention of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, Baltimore (15 February 1906)
- Liberty
- Women
Sexiness is a state of mind⁠—a comfortable state of being. It’s about loving yourself in your most unlovable moments.
Halle Berryborn 1966Suzanne Condie Lambert (October 9, 2008) “‘Esquire’ crowns Berry the sexiest woman alive”, The Arizona Republic, p. E6.
- Beauty
Jesus Christ raised women above the condition of mere slaves, mere ministers to the passions of the man, raised them by His sympathy, to be Ministers of God.
Florence Nightingale1820–1910Cassandra (1860)
- Christianity
- Women
It seems as if the female spirit of the world were mourning everlastingly over blessings, not lost, but which she has never had, and which, in her discouragement she feels that she never will have, they are so far off.
Florence Nightingale1820–1910Cassandra (1860)
- Women
We are talking about a society in which there will be no roles other than those chosen, or those earned. We are really talking about humanism.
Gloria Steinem1934–2026“Address to the Women of America” (10 July 1971)
- Freedom
- Women
As the little boy said when asked if he wanted to be a lawyer like his mother, “Oh no, that’s women’s work.” Logic has nothing to do with oppression.
Gloria Steinem1934–2026Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions (1983), p. 367
- Women
- Work
I find a lot of comfort in having one sex partner. That is because she knows what I like and I know what she won’t do.
Ron Whiteborn 1956Behavioral Problems (2009)
- Comedy
I do think it’s important for young women to know that magazine covers are retouched. People don’t really look like that. In films I might look glamorous, but I’ve been in hair and make-up for two hours.
Kate Winsletborn 1975Marie Claire, Kate Winslet interview by Harvey Marcus on Thursday 30 April 2009
- Beauty
- Women
Patriarchy, routinely blamed for everything, produced the birth control pill, which did more to free contemporary women than feminism itself.
Camille Pagliaborn 1947Vamps and Tramps (1994), “No Law in the Arena: A Pagan Theory of Sexuality”, p. 38
- Freedom
- Women
If I am sexy, it’s just something I do naturally, like picking up a knife and fork to eat. I think people who try to be sexy are the most unsexy people in the world.
Sharon Tate1943–1969In response to being called Hollywood’s “New Sex Goddess” in Modern Screen magazine (May 1968)
Does Mary Poppins have an orgasm? Does she go to the bathroom? I assure you, she does.
Julie Andrewsborn 1935The New York Times (14 March 1982)
- Comedy
Actresses can only play women. I’m an actor, I can play anything.
Whoopi Goldbergborn 1955Speaking on The Today Show on January 13, 1986; as quoted in Whoopi Goldberg on Stage and Screen (2013) by Lisa Pertillar Brevard, p. 18.
- Acting
- Women
For a woman, forty is torture, the end. I think turning forty is miserable.
Grace Kelly1929–1982Kelly (1969) in interview with William B. Arthur. Cited in: James Spada (1988) Grace: The Secret Lives of a Princess. p. 280
- Age
- Women
I want every girl in the world to pick up a guitar and start screaming.
Courtney Loveborn 1964On women playing rock music, quoted in 1991, from This is the Sound: The Best of Alternative Rock (2008), p. 71
- Music
- Women
I’m gay in my art and straight in my life.
James Francoborn 1978fourtwonine magazine Interview (2015)
- Art