Can't Fight City Hall, Audre Lorde

“That you can't fight City Hall is a rumor being circulated by City Hall.” - Audre Lorde

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 91.

We the People, Men Their Rights, Susan B. Anthony

"It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union. And we formed it, not to give the blessings of liberty, but to secure them; not to the half of ourselves and the half of our posterity, but to the whole people -- women as well as men." - Susan B. Anthony, speech after her arrest for voting in the 1872 presidential election

"Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less." - Susan B. Anthony, The Revolution, Jan. 8, 1868

First quote ("It was we, the people...") found at http://www.notable-quotes.com/a/anthony_susan_b.html.

Second quote ("Men, their rights...") found at http://www.notable-quotes.com/a/anthony_susan_b_ii.html.

Intelligent Woman, Marriage Contract, Consequences, Isadora Duncan

"Any intelligent woman who reads the marriage contract, and then goes into it, deserves all the consequences." - Isadora Duncan

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/isadora_duncan_106649.

Know the Truth, Odd, Flannery O'Connor

“You shall know the truth, and the truth will make you odd.” - Flannery O'Connor

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 88.

Chubby Hubby Ice Cream, Sidney Biddle Barrows

“Chubby Hubby ice cream – I can't say no anymore.” - Sidney Biddle Barrows, the erstwhile Mayflower Madam, on the subject of her sole remaining vice.

Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 21.

Most Common Way, Give Up Power, Alice Walker

"The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any." — Alice Walker, author of "The Color Purple"



Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 12.

Woman, Tea Bag, Strong, Hot Water, Eleanor Roosevelt

"A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water." - Eleanor Roosevelt

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/eleanor_roosevelt_127143.

Once Wild, Tame You, Isadora Duncan

"You were once wild here. Don't let them tame you." - Isadora Duncan

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/isadora_duncan_145626.

Too Old for Love, Comfort in Good Dinners, Zora Neale Hurston

"When one is too old for love, one finds great comfort in good dinners." - Zora Neale Hurston

Found at Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/zora_neale_hurston_396876.

Life is Very Short, Must Be Done, Audre Lorde

"Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the now." - Audre Lorde

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/audrelorde383487.html.

What Feminism Is, Door Mat, Prostitute, Rebecca West

"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 door mat or a prostitute." - Rebecca West, "Mr Chesterton in Hysterics: A Study in Prejudice," The Clarion, 14 Nov 1913, reprinted in The Young Rebecca, 1982

Found at BrainyQuote; can be viewed at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/r/rebeccawes128207.html.

Stinking Odors, Kitchen, Stop Cooking, Erma Bombeck

“If you want to get rid of stinking odors in the kitchen, stop cooking.” - Erma Bombeck

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 53.

Courage, Afraid to Do, Scared, Eddie Rickenbacker

"Courage is doing what you are afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you are scared." - Eddie Rickenbacker

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/eddie_rickenbacker_104722.

Humor, Civilization, Erma Bombeck

"When humor goes, there goes civilization." - Erma Bombeck

Found on BrainyQuote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/erma_bombeck_131317.

Little Children, Allowed to Suffer, No True Love, Isadora Duncan

"So long as little children are allowed to suffer, there is no true love in this world." - Isadora Duncan

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/isadora_duncan_163886.

First-Rate Version of Yourself, Second-Rate Version, Judy Garland

“Always be a first-rate version of yourself instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.” - Judy Garland

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 90.

Good Parents, Good Looks, Good Personality, Good Cash, Sophie Tucker

“From birth to age 18 a girl needs good parents. From 18 to 35 she needs good looks. From 35 to 55 she needs a good personality. From 55 on, she needs good cash.” - Sophie Tucker

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 9.

Withered Rose, Faded Vow, Mr. Right, Sauerkraut, Barbara J. Petoskey

“Forget the withered rose or faded vow from Mr. Right. Love departs – but sauerkraut, once savored, stays the night.” - Barbara J. Petoskey



Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 43.

Fame, Success, Madonna, Helen Keller, Erma Bombeck

"Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other." - Erma Bombeck

Found on BrainyQuote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/erma_bombeck_122099.

Don't Got It, Can't Show It, Zora Neale Hurston

"Those that don't got it, can't show it. Those that got it, can't hide it." - Zora Neale Hurston

Found at BrainyQuote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/zora_neale_hurston_384229.

Research, Formalized Curiosity, Zora Neale Hurston

"Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose." - Zora Neale Hurston

From BrainyQuote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/zora_neale_hurston_132635.

Struggle for Human Rights, Social Justice, Si Se Puede, Dolores Huerta

"We've already marched many thousands of miles in our struggle for human rights and social justice, and tomorrow we march again. We must do this. We can do this. Si se puede!" - Dolores Huerta, Co-Founder, United Farm Workers, in the Special Elections 2016 issue of Ms. Magazine.

Always Wondered, Do Something, Somebody, Lily Tomlin

“I always wondered why somebody doesn't do something about that. Then I realized that I was somebody.” - Lily Tomlin

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 68.

Affirming Human Rights, Women and Girls, Bella Abzug

"We are affirming human rights for all women and girls, acknowledging the full range of diversity that exists, and detailing actions to prevent violence." - Bella Abzug

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/b/bellaabzug688098.html

All the People Worth Knowing, No Intellect, Margaret Fuller

“I now know all the people worth knowing in America and I find no intellect comparable to my own.” - Margaret Fuller. The brilliant Bostonian who wrote Women in the Nineteenth Century was a shocking exhibitionist when it came to her brain.

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 7.

Make Progress, Standing on the Sidelines, Implementing Ideas, Shirley Chisholm

“You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas.” - Shirley Chisholm

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 78.

Democracy, Freedom, Dissidents, Assimilated Conformists, Abbie Hoffman

"You measure democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists." - Abbie Hoffman

Found at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/a/abbie_hoffman.html.

Have to Love a Nation, Not with a Parade of Guns, Tanks, Soldiers, White House, Family Picnics, Erma Bombeck

"You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness. You may think you have overeaten, but it is patriotism." - Erma Bombeck

Found on AZ Quotes. Read more at https://www.azquotes.com/quote/513368.

Mistakes, Action, Becoming Yourself, Anne Lamott

“You have to make mistakes to find out who you aren't. You take the action, and the insight follows: You don't think your way into becoming yourself.” - Anne Lamott

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 85.

Fighting, Sexism, Xenophobia, Climate Change, Ms. Magazine

“We are fighting for the right to live in the future. We will continue to fight against sexism, homophobia, racism, xenophobia and global climate change until the future is ours.” - Feminist Majoritiy Foundation East Coast Interns

From Ms. Magazine special election issue, Fall, 2016 page 11.

Courage, Toughness, Guts, Little Girls, Bethany Hamilton

“Courage, sacrifice, determination, commitment, toughness, heart, talent, guts. That's what little girls are made of; the heck with sugar and spice.” - Bethany Hamilton

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 62.