Quotes by Superior Women

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Posts

Post #4526382
Woman is as much more excellent than man, as the best work of a Master exceeds his first essay. -- Anonymous (“Sophia”) (Woman’s Superior Excellence over Man, 1739) #feminism #quotes
Post #4518344
Patriarchy has no allegiance to men; it uses them, too, and spits them out when they are no longer useful. -- bell hooks (The Will to Change, 2004) #feminism #quotes
Post #4495627
A man who says he "lets" his wife work might as well boast that he "allows" the sun to rise. -- Betty Friedan (It Changed My Life, 1976) #feminism #quotes
Post #4452753
Men are unlit lamps: it is we women who supply the oil. -- Moderata Fonte (Modesta Pozzo) (The Worth of Women, 1600 (English trans. 1997)) #feminism #quotes
Post #4224238
Women are not just equal to men; in many ways, they surpass them. -- Eliza Burt Gamble (The Evolution of Woman, 1894) #feminism #quotes
Post #4174285
Patriarchy doesn’t break itself; it breaks women first. -- Mona Eltahawy (The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls, 2019) #feminism #quotes
Post #4138779
Anything a man can do, a woman can do backwards and in high heels. -- Ginger Rogers (Interview, 1964) #feminism #quotes
Post #4135447
I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves. -- Mary Wollstonecraft (A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, 1792) #feminism #quotes
Post #4114848
If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament. -- Florynce Kennedy (Speech at National Organization for Women rally, Washington D.C., 1971) #feminism #quotes
Post #4050108
Most men fear feminism because it demands they confront what they’ve done — or what they’ve benefited from. -- Rebecca Traister (Interview with The Cut, 2018) #feminism #quotes
Post #3839195
Feminism is not about making women strong. Women are already strong. It's about changing the way the world perceives that strength. -- G.D. Anderson (Interview, 2014) #feminism #quotes
Post #3816911
Men call it being rational when they hide from their feelings; women call it surviving when they face theirs. -- Roxane Gay (Bad Feminist, 2014) #feminism #quotes
Post #3775034
Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them. -- Margaret Atwood (Interview in The Guardian, 1982) #feminism #quotes
Post #3731367
Women are the true architects of peace. -- Jane Addams (International Congress of Women speech, 1915) #feminism #quotes
Post #3731366
Even now, you are still having to admit that women are superior in nature to men. -- Moderata Fonte (Modesta Pozzo) (The Worth of Women, 1600 (English trans. 1997)) #feminism #quotes
Post #3731365
Women are the largest untapped reservoir of talent in the world. -- Hillary Clinton (Speech at APEC, 2011) #feminism #quotes
Post #3731364
Men think they’re mysterious; women know they’re just badly written. -- Jean Kerr (Essay in Please Don’t Eat the Daisies, 1957) #feminism #quotes
Post #3731363
If men ran the world, wars would never end. If women ran it, wars would never start. -- Jane Goodall (Interview with The Guardian, 2002) #feminism #quotes
Post #3731362
Patriarchy has no allegiance to men; it uses them, too, and spits them out when they are no longer useful. -- bell hooks (The Will to Change, 2004) #feminism #quotes
Post #3731361
The more a woman learns to say no, the more the world trembles. -- Andrea Dworkin (Speech at University of Massachusetts, 1981) #feminism #quotes
Post #3731360
Patriarchy is men’s most successful pyramid scheme. -- Soraya Chemaly (Rage Becomes Her, 2018) #feminism #quotes
Post #3731359
The problem with the world is that men have been the default setting for humanity. -- Caroline Criado Perez (Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men, 2019) #feminism #quotes
Post #3731358
The future is female. -- Gloria Steinem (Feminist slogan popularized by Steinem, 1970s) #feminism #quotes
Post #3731357
The true excellence of women shines brightest when compared to the failings of men. -- Moderata Fonte (The Worth of Women, 1600) #feminism #quotes
Post #3731356
Every society that silences women silences its future. -- Hillary Clinton (Speech at Women in the World Summit, 2012) #feminism #quotes
Post #3731355
I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat. -- Rebecca West (The Clarion, 1913) #feminism #quotes
Post #3731354
The most radical thing any of us can do is believe women. -- Tarana Burke (Speech, 2018) #feminism #quotes
Post #3731353
In every generation, women have had to prove that we are strong, capable, and deserving of power. -- Oprah Winfrey (Golden Globes speech, 2018) #feminism #quotes
Post #3731352
Men are terrified that one day women will treat them the way they’ve always treated us. -- Gloria Steinem (Speech at the National Press Club, 1972) #feminism #quotes
Post #3731351
Women’s power is the power of renewal; men’s is the power of destruction. -- Gloria Steinem (Speech at National Women’s Political Caucus, 1972) #feminism #quotes