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Famous Gender Equality Quotes
I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own. Audre Lorde
A woman with a voice is, by definition, a strong woman. Melinda Gates
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
Women belong in all places where decisions are being made. It shouldn’t be that women are the exception. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Wouldn’t it be nice if Black girls weren’t inundated with negative, sexist comments about Black women? If they were told instead of the many important things that we’ve achieved? Black women, too often in the shadows of such accomplishments, actually powered the civil rights movement. Megan Thee Stallion
Women’s work is never easy, never clean. Tayari Jones, An American Marriage
It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent. Madeleine Albright
You don’t know the background story of resilience, struggles and strength of beautiful and outgoing women. All you see is what is showcased. Germany Kent
I think transwomen, and trans people in general, show everyone that you can define what it means to be a man or woman on your own terms. A lot of what feminism is about is moving outside of roles and moving outside of expectations of who and what you’re supposed to be to live a more authentic life. Laverne Cox
Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness. Oprah Winfrey.
I want to build a community where women of all races can communicate and continue to support and take care of each other. I want to give women a space to feel their own strength and tell their stories. That is power. Beyoncé
Feminism isn’t about making women stronger. Women are already strong, it’s about changing the way the world perceives that strength. G.D. Anderson
You don’t have to be pretty. You don’t owe prettiness to anyone. Not to your boyfriend spouse partner, not to your co workers, especially not to random men on the street. You don’t owe it to your mother, you don’t owe it to your children, you don’t owe it to civilization in general. Prettiness is not a rent you pay for occupying a space marked ‘female. Erin McKean
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
I can promise you that women working together linked, informed and educated can bring peace and prosperity to this forsaken planet. Isabel Allende
You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation Brigham Young
There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish. Michelle Obama
It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent. Madeleine Albright
When a man gives his opinion, he’s a man; when a woman gives her opinion, she’s a bitch. Bette Davis
We need women at all levels, including the top, to change the dynamic, reshape the conversation, to make sure women’s voices are heard and heeded, not overlooked and ignored. Sheryl Sandberg
Men often ask me, Why are your female characters so paranoid?’ It’s not paranoia. It’s recognition of their situation. Margaret Atwood
Justice is about making sure that being polite is not the same thing as being quiet. In fact, oftentimes, the most righteous thing you can do is shake the table. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez
Women need a seat at the table, they need an invitation to be seated there, and in some cases, where this is not available, they need to create their own table. We need a global understanding that we cannot implement change effectively without women’s political participation. Meghan Markle
Who made man the exclusive judge, if women partake with him the gift of reason? Mary Wollstonecraft
I always wanted to be a femme fatale. Even when I was a young girl, I never really wanted to be a girl. I wanted to be a woman. Diane von Furstenberg
As long as she thinks of a man, nobody objects to a woman thinking. Virginia Woolf
Of course I am not worried about intimidating men. The type of man who will be intimidated by me is exactly the type of man I have no interest in. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own. Audre Lorde
Women are leaders everywhere you look from the CEO who runs a Fortune 500 company to the housewife who raises her children and heads her household. Our country was built by strong women, and we will continue to break down walls and defy stereotypes. Nancy Pelosi
If any female feels she need anything beyond herself to legitimate and validate her existence, she is already giving away her power to be self defining, her agency. bell hooks, Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics
I’ve been in so many spaces where I’m the first and only Black trans woman or trans woman period. I just want to work until there are fewer and fewer ‘first and only’s. Raquel Willis
No woman should be made to fear that she was not enough. Samantha Shannon, The Priory of the Orange Tree
We need women at all levels, including the top, to change the dynamic, reshape the conversation, to make sure women’s voices are heard and heeded, not overlooked and ignored. Sheryl Sandberg
One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrifice what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying. Joan of Arc
Whether I am meant to or not, I challenge assumptions about women. I do make some people uncomfortable, which I’m well aware of, but that’s just part of coming to grips with what I believe is still one of the most important pieces of unfinished business in human history empowering women to be able to stand up for themselves. Hillary Clinton
Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women. Maya Angelou
We need to reshape our own perception of how we view ourselves. We have to step up as women and take the lead. Beyoncé
I am a woman and a warrior. If you think I can’t be both, you’ve been lied to. Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar, The Map of Salt and Stars
My movement is my movement. When all the dust has settled on the groundbreaking ness, I’m going to still be doing this. I’m not going to suddenly change. I’m going to still be telling my life story through music. And if that’s body positive to you, amen. If that’s feminist to you, amen. If that’s pro black to you, amen. Because ma’am, I’m all of those things. Lizzo
Women belong in all places where decisions are being made. It shouldn’t be that women are the exception. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
You could make a case that, along with the technological revolution, the most provocative and destabilizing, thrilling change in the course of human history is that we’re finally in it We’re here now, women are in the world, and we will not be bullied. Meryl Streep
No country can ever truly flourish if it stifles the potential of its women and deprives itself of the contributions of half its citizens Michelle Obama
No woman should be told she can’t make decisions about her own body. When women’s rights are under attack, we fight back. Kamala Harris
I am not ashamed to dress ‘like a woman’ because I don’t think it’s shameful to be a woman. Iggy Pop
Women will be hidden no more. We will not remain hidden figures. We have names It was the woman that gave you Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It was woman that gave you Malcolm X. And according to the Bible, it was a woman that gave you Jesus. Don’t you ever forget it. Janelle Monáe
Every woman’s success should be an inspiration to another. We’re strongest when we cheer each other on. Serena Williams
I am a woman with thoughts and questions and shit to say. I say if I’m beautiful. I say if I’m strong. You will not determine my story I will. Amy Schumer
It’s not about how many times you get rejected or fall down or are beaten up, it’s about how many times you stand up and are brave and you keep on going. Lady Gaga
For I conclude that the enemy is not lipstick, but guilt itself; we deserve lipstick, if we want it, AND free speech; we deserve to be sexual AND serious or whatever we please. We are entitled to wear cowboy boots to our own revolution Naomi Wolf
