Shulamit Alon Quotes
… few are the men who both appreciate women and genuinely care about their rights.
Shulamit Alon, 1929-2014, Israeli Member of Parliament, Minister of Education, Founder of the Maretz Party, “Red Line”, Yediot Ahronot November 9, 2011
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Jinnah was a modern Islamic reformer as this quotation demonstrates. Pakistan is not as backward as most of the Arab Islamic countries on the role of women. There are many Pakistani businesswomen and professionals. Pakistan has even had a female president. However, the fundamentalist Islamic forces that dominate the culture constantly preach and advocate the literal interpretation and following of Sharia which calls for a traditional, subservient traditional role for women; “honor killings” are common; “a rapist cannot be convicted on a female victims testimony; there are calls for the killing of adulteresses and other primitive throwbacks. Jinnah’s vision has not come to pass yet.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835-1910
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She was the First Lady, who in many ways was also one of the nation’s leading feminists. Betty Ford, Barbara Bush, and Hillary Clinton were also First Ladies who supported key feminist position but ER was 30 years ahead of them—a time when conservatives and sexists viewed her as a dangerous radical. For example, see {585211}.
First female presidential candidate & first divorcee to run for that office
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