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 doormat.

— Rebecca West, U.S. author and journalist, 1892-1983

There will be no real content among American women unless they are . . . given equal opportunity with men….. And American men will not be really happy until their women are.

— Pearl Buck, U.S. writer, novelist, and recipient of the Pulitzer prize, as well as the first U.S. female recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature, 1892-1973

As a general thing, when a woman wears the pants in a family, she has a good right to them.

— Josh Billings, U.S. columnist and humorist, 1818-1885

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 doormat.

— Rebecca West, U.S. author and journalist, 1892-1983

Men are not against you [women]; they are merely for themselves.

— Gene Fowler, U.S. journalist and author, 1890-1960

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 doormat or prostitute.

— Rebecca West, U.S. author and journalist, 1892-1983

A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle.

— Patricia Irina Dunn, Australian writer, social activist, and filmmaker, Born1948

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 doormat.

— Rebecca West, U.S. author and journalist, 1892-1983
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