Must Not Accept, Challenge, Struggles for Expression, Margaret Sanger

"Woman must not accept; she must challenge. She must not be awed by that which has been built up around her; she must reverence that woman in her which struggles for expression." — Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood

Found on Brainyquote.com, at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/margaret_sanger.html.

Women, Depend, Protection of Man, Protect Herself, Susan B. Anthony

"Woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself." - Susan B. Anthony, speech in San Francisco, Jul. 1871

Found on Notable Quotes at http://www.notable-quotes.com/a/anthony_susan_b.html.

Get Busy Living, Dying, Stephen King

“Get busy living or get busy dying.” ― Stephen King, Different Seasons

Found on GoodReads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/3389.Stephen_King.

Most Revolutionary Act, Tell the Truth, Howard Zinn

“But I suppose the most revolutionary act one can engage in is... to tell the truth.” - Howard Zinn, Marx in Soho: A Play on History

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/1899.Howard_Zinn.

Pains, Having to Think, Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Nothing pains some people more than having to think.” - Martin Luther King, Jr.

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 12.

What You Should Do, Whatever You Can, Gloria Steinem

“Don't worry about what you should do, just do whatever you can.” - Gloria Steinem

Found in The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Rebellion, by Gloria Steinem, page 63

Healthy and Strong Individual, Asks for Help, Rona Barrett

“The healthy and strong individual is the one who asks for help when he needs it. Whether he's got an abscess on his knee or in his soul.” - Rona Barrett

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 93.

When Your Mother Asks, Formality, Erma Bombeck

"When your mother asks, 'Do you want a piece of advice?' it is a mere formality. It doesn't matter if you answer yes or no. You're going to get it anyway." - Erma Bombeck

Found at BrainyQuote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/e/erma_bombeck.html.

Humor, Anger, Stephen King

“Humor is almost always anger with its make-up on.” ― Stephen King, Bag of Bones

Found on GoodReads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/3389.Stephen_King.

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

Pessimism, Self-Fulfilling Prophecy, Act, Howard Zinn

“Pessimism becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy; it reproduces itself by crippling our willingness to act.” ― Howard Zinn, You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/1899.Howard_Zinn.

Master's Tools, Master's House, Audre Lorde

"The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house." - Audre Lorde

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/audrelorde357280.html.

Force, All-Conquering, Victories, Short-Lived, Abraham Lincoln

“Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived.” - Abraham Lincoln

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 26.

Laughter, Best Resistance, Gloria Steinem

“Laughter is the best resistance.” - Gloria Steinem

Found in The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Rebellion, by Gloria Steinem, page 124.

Empathy, Hope, Cornel West

“Empathy is not simply a matter of trying to imagine what others are going through, but having the will to muster enough courage to do something about it. In a way, empathy is predicated upon hope.” ― Cornel West

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/6176.Cornel_West.

Change, Starting a Dialogue, Jane Goodall

“Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don't believe is right.” ― Jane Goodall

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/18163.Jane_Goodall.

Kids First, Learn That One Simple Lesson, Whatever You Own, Stephen King

“Maybe that's why God made us kids first and built us close to the ground, because He knows you got to fall down a lot and bleed a lot before you learn that one simple lesson. You pay for what you get, you own what you pay for, and sooner or later whatever you own comes back home to you.” - Stephen King, from his book 'It'.

Real Equality, Einstein, Schlemiel, Bella Abzug

“Real equality is going to come not when a female Einstein is recognized as quickly as a male Einstein, but when a female schlemiel is promoted as quickly as a male schlemiel.” - Bella Abzug

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 130.

Measure Democracy, Dissidents, 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.

Which of Our Acts, Shape the Future, Everything We Do Matters, Gloria Steinem

“In truth, we don't know which of our acts in the present will shape the future. But we have to behave as if everything we do matters. Because it might.” - Gloria Steinem, My Life on the Road

Found in Ms. Magazine, Fall 2020, page 2.

Cannot Be Relationships, Commitment, Loyalty, Love, Cornel West

“We have to recognise that there cannot be relationships unless there is commitment, unless there is loyalty, unless there is love, patience, persistence.” ― Cornel West, Breaking Bread: Insurgent Black Intellectual Life

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/6176.Cornel_West.

Little Place, Independent Creative Personality, Shirley Chisholm

“There is little place in the political scheme of things for an independent, creative personality, for a fighter. Anyone who takes that role must pay a price.” - Shirley Chisholm, professor and practitioner of political science, and the first black woman to battle her way into Congress.

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 52.

Dissents, Future Age, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

On dissent and justice: "Dissents speak to a future age. It's not simply to say, 'My colleagues are wrong and I would do it this way.' But the greatest dissents do become court opinions and gradually over time their views become the dominant view. So that's the dissenter's hope: that they are writing not for today, but for tomorrow." - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Found on CNN at https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/19/politics/best-ruth-bader-ginsburg-quotes-trnd/index.html.

Shake Hands, Clenched Fist, Indira Gandhi

“You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.” - Indira Gandhi

Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 39.

Every Individual Matters, Jane Goodall

“Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.” ― Jane Goodall

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/18163.Jane_Goodall.

Vote, Most Powerful Nonviolent Change Agent, Rep. John Lewis

“The vote is the most powerful nonviolent change agent you have in a democratic society.” - The late Rep. John Lewis

Found on page 1, Ms. Magazine, Fall 2020.

If You Don't Vote, Count, Gloria Steinem

“If you don't vote, you don't count.” - Gloria Steinem

Found in The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Rebellion, by Gloria Steinem, page 24.

No Sin, Resistance to Change, Anne Morrow Lindbergh

“There is no sin punished more implacably by nature than the sin of resistance to change.” - Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 48.

Alone and Scared, Want to Live, Yenifer Alvarez-Estrada Glick

“I’m alone and scared. … Where is my mom. … I want to live.” - 27-year-old Yenifer Alvarez-Estrada Glick, texting her husband from an ambulance and the hospital in the weeks before her death from pregnancy-related hypertension and pulmonary edema, according to The New Yorker; an abortion likely would have saved her life, but she was pregnant in Texas, and the Supreme Court had just overturned Roe.

Found in Ms. Magazine, Spring 2024, page 6.

Scariest Moment, Just Before You Start, Stephen King

“The scariest moment is always just before you start.” ― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

Found in Goodreads Stephen King quotes section.