Ani DiFranco Quotes

We take a lot for granted as second wave feminists, what our mothers and aunts did for us.

Well, you know, I was raised by a 1970s feminist. My mom had a consciousness-raising group. I used to sit at the top of the stairs and listen to them.

It was critical to finding a way out. I had assumed young women knew the history of feminism and must have felt gratitude to the movement for the opportunities that the work we have done has afforded them.

Feminism means something - legislation, cultural change - but 'Girl Power' meant nothing more than being friends with your friends.

My generation of bossy, confident, baby-boom women were something brand new in history. Our energy and assertiveness weren't created by Betty Friedan, unknown before her 1963 book, or by Gloria Steinem, whose political activism, as even the Lifetime profile admitted, did not begin until 1969.

I'm proud to represent the average woman.

I never played a part in the feminist movement - it touches me, but I am not a militant.

The women's movement kind of came out of left field in the 1960s and 1970s when they turned on 'Playboy.'

When I went to college in the 1970s, the Women's Liberation movement was all the buzz.

I think women were gradually becoming more independent - the feminist movement of the Sixties didn't just spring out of nowhere.

It's never okay to put other women down.

I'm very much a girls' girl and a real feminist.

In 'The White Princess,' the women are leading the story, and they're holding everything together. It's definitely a world of women's empowerment.

I am part of a movement that loves women into conversation and conversion. I am part of the pro-woman movement.

We are all benefiting from the great feminists who struggled and suffered and worked to give us everything women now enjoy... I refer to myself as a feminist, and I do it with pride.

The time is come when women must do something more than the "domestic hearth," which means nursing the infants, keeping a pretty house, having a good dinner and an entertaining party.

I discovered feminism around 1970-72-precisely the time when feminism began to exist in France. Before that, there was no feminism.

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

It's a little bit late in the day for men to object that women are getting outside their proper sphere.

Women have not yet realized the cowardice that resides, for if they should decide to do so, they would be able to fight you until death; and to prove that I speak the truth, amongst so many women, I will be the first to act, setting an example for them to follow.

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.

Our mothers' generation fought so hard to change things and we're the first generation to benefit. And now you get girls in their twenties who say they're not feminists.

Strong female leads are important.

There are 3 billion women in the world, so there are 3 billion ways to be a feminist.

Until we command the exact same salary as every male counterpart, I feel a political desire to stand by other women. If we don't stand together, that equality will never be fully realized, and that bothers me.