#women-s-rights

"A state that does not educate and train women is like a man who only trains his right arm."

"I raise up my voice-not so I can shout but so that those without a voice can be heard...we cannot succeed when half of us are held back."

"A PHD is not the end of education. Education exists even among the bees who feed their queen only with the purest"

"She was free in her wildness. She was a wanderess, a drop of free water. She belonged to no man and to no city"

"When I touched her body,I believed she was God.In the curves of her formI found the birth of Man,the creation of the world,and the origin of all life."

"I do not think, sir, you have any right to command me, merely because you are older than I, or because you have seen more of the world than I have; your claim to superiority depends on the use you have made of your time and experience."

"I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives."