Florence Kelley Quotes

It will be great when it's not such a big deal when a woman gets a good job.

Men trade unionists are accused of sex privilege and prejudice ... A belief in the divine right of every man to his job is not peculiar to kings and capitalists, and men in organized trades are not disposed to share these advantages with a host of women competitors.

Ultimately, we are doing the same job as the men, but I understand that we're not filling out stadiums.

Women work harder. And women are more honest; they have less reasons to be corrupt.

I think, as a woman, you do sort of have to work twice as hard, but I don't feel as if I wasn't given opportunities.

I have a job I'm pretty good at. I am in charge of things. I am on committees. People respect me and take my counsel. I want to be strong and professional, but I resent how hard I have to work to be taken seriously, to receive a fraction of the consideration I might otherwise receive.

Today, unless women gain jobs and athletic scholarships commensurate with their percentage of the population, feminists scream discrimination.

Everyone in the United States asks me about being a woman CEO. To be honest, it has had no impact on my career. While I was at BCG, it didn't matter whether you were a man or a woman. The only thing that mattered was that you were good at your job.

A lot of professions happen to be male-dominated because women drop out at a certain point. It's unfortunate.

Perhaps the major challenge during my time in office was getting employers to understand how much more needed to be done to give women their fair share of employment opportunities.

Why should we employ women when men are out of work?

Women usually don't want to work as hard as a man.

Women with children are less likely to be hired and be paid well; men with children are more likely to be hired and be paid well.

From the cradle to the grave, men are getting a raw deal. Men work longer hours, die earlier, but retire later than women.

It is a woman's decision about when they choose to have children, and it should not predetermine whether or not they are given a job or have job opportunities.

Men are vain; but they won't mind women working so long as they get smaller wages for the same job.

9 to 5 made people aware of equal pay for equal work. It hasn't really happened, but it has come closer.

Even though society has come a long way in correcting the inequalities between men and women in the workplace, it still has to be said that women are oftentimes subconsciously playing to the gender roles which we are taught from birth.

You see very senior women leaving technology and the men stay, mostly because they feel quite isolated and are isolated by the very systems.

There is part of you as a female - no question - that feels like you have to be overprepared and outwork the men because people are automatically going to look at you and say, 'Well, you didn't play football,' or, 'You don't know what you're talking about,' because you are a female.

I am bouncing back despite being a girl from Mumbai who didn't work for two years. A lot of others girls in the same situation would have had to walk away from the industry.

You are a much more forceful advocate against gender bias and wage inequality if you actually hire women. If you are a white man who advocates for change, then hire someone other than a white man as an example of that change.

In the face of sluggish growth, aging societies, and increasing educational attainment of young women, the economic case for gender equality is clear.

There's nothing more mainstream than equal pay for equal work. I mean, it's completely obvious that's what feminism should be for, and for women's right to choose what happens to their own bodies.

To address what seems like an endless cycle of gender inequity in media, I believe we need to think beyond what our industry has already tried to do through mentorships and internships. We need to stop talking and start moving the needle, and one solution is to simply give women jobs.