Quotes about women
197 quotes from 127 people
Abigail Adams1744–1818Letter to John Adams (31 March 1776), published in Familiar Letters of John Adams and his wife Abigail Adams (1875) edited by Charles Francis Adams, p. 147A woman seldom asks advice before she has bought her wedding clothes.
Joseph Addison1672–1719The Spectator (1711–1714), No. 475 (4 September 1712)- Joseph Addison1672–1719Cato, A Tragedy (1713), Act IV, scene i
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichieborn 1977“We should all be feminists” During a Ted Talk in the United Kingdom at TedxEuston,2012.There is a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women.
Madeleine Albright1937–2022Keynote speech at “Celebrating Inspiration” luncheon with the WNBA’s All-Decade Team, quoted in Mechelle Voepel, ESPN (July 13, 2006)Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn’t worth ruling.
Louisa May Alcott1832–1888An Old-Fashioned Girl (1870), Ch. 13: The Sunny Side
Isabel Allendeborn 1942Of Love and Shadows (1984)I don’t necessarily consider myself to be an icon, but I do consider myself to be a feminist.
Gillian Andersonborn 1968When asked if she considered herself to be a feminist icon – given the many strong female characters she portrayed — “Dallas Comic Con—May 2015—The X Files—Gillian Anderson” (May 31, 2015)
Susan B. Anthony1820–1906The Revolution, Women’s Suffrage Newspaper (8 October 1868)- Susan B. Anthony1820–1906Account of Matilda Joslyn Gage (June 20, 1873) to Kansas Leavenworth Times (July 3, 1873)
Woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself.
Susan B. Anthony1820–1906Speech in San Francisco (July 1871)- Susan B. Anthony1820–1906Speech at the 38th annual convention of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, Baltimore (15 February 1906)
