Tough, Ambitious, Madonna

“I'm tough, ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay.” - Madonna

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 2.

Never Let the Hand You Hold, Denisea Trammell

“Never let the hand you hold, hold you down.” ― Denisea Trammell

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/445229-never-let-the-hand-you-hold-hold-you-down.

Critical Moment in History, Anger, Pain, Denial, Fear, Abuse, Cover-Up, Jennie Willoughby,

“We are at a critical moment in history and there are three things I know to be true: Where there is anger, there is underlying pain. Where there is denial, there is underlying fear. Where there is abuse, there is cover-up.” - Jennie Willoughby, ex-wife of former White House staff secretary Rob Porter, writing for Time in response to President Donald Trump calling her a liar.

Found in Ms. Magazine, Spring 2018, page 6.

Poor and Happy, Rich and Miserable, Moderately Rich and Just Moody, Princess Diana

“They say it is better to be poor and happy than rich and miserable, but how about a compromise like moderately rich and just moody?” - Princess Diana

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 36.

I Am, Hooligan, Emmeline Pankhurst

“I am what you call a hooligan!” - Emmeline Pankhurst, England's most insufferable suffragette.

Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 60.

We Come in Peace, Mean Business, Pay Inequality, Hanelle Monae

“We come in peace, but we mean business. ...We say time's up for pay inequality, time's up for discrimination, time's up for harassment of any kind. And time's up for the abuse of power.” - Hanelle Monae, presenting at the Grammy Awards in January 2018.

Found in Ms. Magazine, page 6, Spring 2018.

Brevity, Lingerie, Dorothy Parker

“Brevity is the soul of lingerie.” - Dorothy Parker

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 126.