A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.

— Gloria Steinem, U.S. feminist, journalist, and social and political activist, Born 1934

The status of women in a country is a good indicator of the health of its economy.

— Unknown source

A woman must not depend upon the protection of a man, but must be taught to protect herself.

— Susan B. Anthony, U.S. social reformer and women’s rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women’s suffrage movement, 1820-1906

The house does not rest on the ground, but upon a woman.

— Mexican proverb

A woman is like a tea bag: you never know her strength until you drop her in hot water.

— Nancy Reagan, U.S. film actress and the wife of Ronald Reagan, the 40th president of the United States, 1921-2016

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

— Oscar Wilde, Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900

An intelligent, energetic, educated woman cannot be kept in four walls – even satin-lined, diamond-studded walls – without discovering sooner or later that they are still a prison cell.

— 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

We women ought to put first things first. Why should we mind if men have their faces on the money, as long as we get our hands on it?

— Ivy Baker Priest, U.S. politician who served as U.S. Treasurer and California State Treasurer, 1905-1975

When men are oppressed, it’s a tragedy. When women are oppressed, it’s tradition.

— Letty Cottin Pogrebin, U.S. author, journalist, lecturer, social activist, and a founding editor of Ms. Magazine, Born 1939
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