#women

Like their personal lives, women's history is fragmented, interrupted; a shadow history of human beings whose existence has been shaped by the efforts and the demands of others. ↗

— Elizabeth Janeway

#beings #demands #efforts #existence #fragmented

Now, it is frequently asserted that, with women, the job does not come first. What (people cry) are women doing with this liberty of theirs? What woman really prefers a job to a home and family? Very few, I admit. It is unfortunate that they should so often have to make the choice. A man does not, as a rule, have to choose. He gets both. Nevertheless, there have been women ... who had the choice, and chose the job and made a success of it. And there have been and are many men who have sacrificed their careers for women ... When it comes to a choice, then every man or woman has to choose as an individual human being, and, like a human being, take the consequences. ↗

— Dorothy L. Sayers

#choice #clichés #double-standards #empowerment #feminism

The media says that equality for women has arrived, but if you look around, you still don't see girls playing guitars and having success with it. ↗

— Joan Jett

#arrived #equality #guitars #having #look

To see a player dunk in women's college basketball is just amazing. It's great to see that the game has reached that level now. ↗

— Holly Johnson

#basketball #college #dunk #game #great

My wife's income allowed me to do what I really loved. I realized that women's liberation is men's liberation, too. ↗

— Warren Farrell

#i #income #liberation #loved #me

I've had women tell me that when their daughters see them taking care of themselves, and being defined from within, and thinking for themselves instead of thinking about that silly culture out there, it's powerful modeling. ↗

— Naomi Judd

#being #care #culture #daughters #defined

The negro has suffered far more from the commission of this crime against the women of his race by white men than the white race has ever suffered through his crimes. ↗

— Ida B. Wells

#commission #crime #crimes #ever #far

There are many women who came before me who didn't really have the same opportunities that I have had. That's why I always wanted to be a great ambassador - not only today's generation - but for the women who really didn't have a voice, but who paved the way for me. ↗

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

#ambassador #before #came #generation #great

We live in a world where sports have the potential to bridge the gap between racism, sexism and discrimination. The 2012 Olympic Games was a great start but hopefully what these games taught us is that if women are given an opportunity on an equal playing field the possibilities for women are endless. ↗

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

#bridge #discrimination #endless #equal #field

When men hear women want a commitment, they think it means commitment to a romantic relationship, but that's not it. It's a commitment to not floating around anymore. I want a guy who is entrenched in his own life. Entrenched is awesome. ↗

— Mindy Kaling

#around #awesome #commitment #entrenched #floating