Jeannette Rankin Quotes

When women vote, Progressives can win. When women organize and bring some common sense to the conversation, it becomes more authentic.

I have made speeches urging women to adopt methods of rebellion such as have been adopted by men in every revolution.

Remember what Susan B. Anthony said? 'Failure is impossible.' Failure is possible if women don't vote.

By including women in decision-making, city governments will be in a better position to fulfill their responsibility to ensure the safety of their residents, especially women and girls.

I'm all for having an empowered first lady who can really use that position to improve conditions, be a role model and make change.

The school made it very clear that women were entitled to positions of authority. That sense of entitlement allowed us to feel that we have a natural place in leadership in the world. That gave me a mental and emotional confidence.

My child has changed things for me. Lately, I really wish there were greater roles for women. I think I see it in a different way now. I look at my little girl and I don't want her to think that all she has to be is pretty and quiet.

Women can build stability. We can make peace.

The voice of women has a special role and a special soul force in the struggle for a nonviolent world.

We could have peace in one year if women were organized.

Women have to be able to look at themselves in the mirror as men do and say, “I see a presidential candidate!”

We don't need to be men in skirts to have a role in politics. Women can be leaders by being sensitive women.

Women are builders of civil society. We are the ones who are going to build it. You know why? We have no choice. Either you shut up, and you are humiliated, or you do what I'm doing. You scream.

The Women's March in Washington was about giving power to the collective voices of women everywhere to demand that our leaders put the interests, safety, and welfare of all Americans first.

I feel like I'm the voice for my generation, especially for women.

Do not underestimate me. I believe that as a woman, a progressive, and a Minnesotan, I have a lot to contribute and I am so ready to do that work.

It has always been important for women to empower other women.

Women hold up the other half of the sky.

It's important to make women feel confident, because I think they are more important than men.

It's very important to balance things; it's imperative to do something for the society, and women in particular, and help women who aren't in position to help themselves.

I don't think that a woman in politics exists or thrives on her own.

I believe it's time that women truly owned their superpowers and used their beauty and strength to change the world around them.

Empowering women means trusting them.

Barbara Castle was a hero to millions of British women. She inspired a new generation of women to become active in Labour politics, including, of course Labour's deputy leader, Harriet Harman.

I care so passionately about improving the quality of life for women and girls, not just here in the United States, but internationally as well. I am a single mom and I raised a daughter who is now a young adult.