#omen

In America, Jefferson noted with approval, women knew their place. ↗

— Stephen Ambrose

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A gentleman opposed to their enfranchisement once said to me, women have never produced anything of any value to the world. I told him the chief product of the women had been the men, and left it to him to decide whether the product was of any value. ↗

— Anna Howard Shaw

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If the women of the United States, with their free schools and all their enlarged liberties, are not superior to women brought up under monarchical forms of government, then there is no good in liberty. ↗

— Anna Howard Shaw

#enlarged #forms #free #good #government

If you leave the smallest corner of your head vacant for a moment, other people's opinions will rush in from all quarters. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#head #leave #moment #opinions #other

Sex and older women used to be considered an oxymoron, rarely mentioned in the same breath. ↗

— Gail Sheehy

#considered #mentioned #older #older women #oxymoron

I'm small, sleek and fast, but I can be lost, dropped on the floor, stolen, or chucked out a window at a moment's notice! To have my brain power in my small size should be enough. I'm brainy and beautiful, but two years from now I'll be obsolete! ↗

— Deborah Shucart

#brain #brain power #brainy #dropped #enough

You know, women have a history of just being - we've been told all our lives not to say - in the fifties you couldn't say birth or even be pregnant hardly on television - and then gradually things have changed. ↗

— Cybill Shepherd

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Equality and development will not be achieved however if peace is not understood from women's' point of view. ↗

— Jenny Shipley

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NGOs have a significant role to play, alongside governments, in improving the status of women. ↗

— Jenny Shipley

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Ten years ago in Nairobi we said that the participation of women in the decision-making and appraisal processes of the United Nations was essential if the organization was to effectively serve women's interests. ↗

— Jenny Shipley

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