Ernestine Rose Quotes

If we're discussing women's empowerment and equal rights, then yes, I support it.

I believe that as women, we must commit ourselves to sustaining the progress made by our foremothers who fought so hard for women's equality and liberation.

As for Western women, it seems to me that they have often had to struggle to obtain their own rights. That did not leave them much time to prove their abilities. The time will come.

It is quite time that we [women] had our own party, our own platform, and our own nominees. We shall never have equal rights until we take them.

The definition of being a feminist is equality, and if you're not a feminist at this point, then what are you really promoting?

To me, feminism is believing in women's equality, and I ardently ascribe to that belief.

Everyone who knows me knows my respect for women: equality and respect.

For women, we intend to do something in a noble and missionary spirit... We mean to appeal to their intellects... and we hereby announce ourselves as determined and bigoted feminists.

I beg you to speak of Woman as you do of the Negro, speak of her as a human being, as a citizen of the United States, as a half of the people in whose hands lies the destiny of this Nation.

I think, with never-ending gratitude, that the young women of today do not and can never know at what price their right to free speech and to speak at all in public has been earned.

I like to help women help themselves, as that is, in my opinion, the best way to settle the woman question. Whatever we can do and do well we have a right to, and I don't think any one will deny us.

In the adjustment of the new order of things, we women demand an equal voice; we shall accept nothing less.

Susan B. Anthony formed the Equal Rights Association, refuted ideas that women were inferior to men, and fought for a woman's right to vote.

The day may be approaching when the whole world will recognize woman as the equal of man.

The extension of women's rights is the basic principle of all social progress.

I deplore the shying away that can go on, within women, from the term 'feminist.' I am, absolutely, all about being a feminist.

I've been a staunch advocate of women's empowerment, and I've worked hard throughout my career to advance the cause. It is heartening to see that gender equality is really becoming more of a reality. There is still much more to be done, and I'm confident that, by working together, we can empower women worldwide.

Women, nowhere in the world, have the kind of important position in society in the amount that they ought to have.

I am in favor of carrying out the Declaration of Independence to women as well as men. Women having to suffer the burdens of society and government should have their equal rights in it. They do not receive their rights in full proportion.

I do believe in women. I really do.

If women would today would rise en masse and demand their emancipation, the men would be compelled to grant it.

As the principle of liberty is better understood, and more nobly interpreted, a broader protest is made in behalf of women.

Women’s rights is not only an abstraction, a cause; it is also a personal affair. It is not only about “us”; it is also about me and you. Just the two of us.

Women will be no longer made the slaves of, or dependent upon men ... They will be equal in education, rights, privileges and personal liberty.

Yes, I'm a suffragist.