Mary Ritter Beard Quotes

[I]f we revert to history, we shall find that the women who have distinguished themselves have neither been the most beautiful nor the most gentle of their sex.

Now I'm sixty-one... sixty-two, pretty soon. It's a really interesting age. Now we have women of your age, and coming up, and all these fantastic writers, who have managed to have their children but continue with their art, their work. I think women are doing the most interesting writing right now, the most interesting art. I see everything through this lens, of women finally taking their place in the world. Their true place. And it's very, very exciting to me.

When I think of the limitless potential my young daughters, Grace and Brynn, will have as they grow into young women, I want my girls' generation to remember the strength, determination, and struggles of the women who came before them and paved the way.

Things that used to be a glass ceiling aren't anymore. Now not only is it a possibility that women are going to main event WrestleMania, I know that they are going to do it.

I really want to help write women back into history.

Most women who have done something with their lives have been disliked by almost everyone.

It is incredible how far women have come and women in sports have come.

One cannot deny the great role women have played in the world community. My flight was yet another impetus to continue this female contribution.

I was brought up with a very strong sense of what can happen if your society starts to chip away at the small victories women have won for themselves.

There are women in every genre having a lot of success. Why not celebrate that?

I like powerful women, and I gravitate to any point in history when a female has significant power. I can spend hours researching any such amazing lady, from Ching Shih to Hatshepsut to Boudica to Zenobia.

I've been working on the lost history of technical women.

I think my story says that, when women are given the chance and the opportunity, that we can achieve a lot. We deliver.

I don't hate being compared with female musicians. I don't mind that at all. I have no problem with seeing connections between women's work.

Why can't there be a lot of great women who are doing great things?

The women are stepping up their degree of difficulty more than the men. A lot of us do the same dives as the men now.

Our women's union members and other women are really excellent and praiseworthy.

Women's tennis has been around for a very long time - we're talking about the 1800s. But women's soccer hasn't had such a long history, so now they're right at the beginning of really trying to make things equal. We need to continue not only to advocate for women but to have men advocating for women.

I'm really glad that I kept the gap. There are a lot of iconic women from past and present who have one.

If the past is an indication, when women are given a job to do in Congress, they get it done.

The notion of having your muse was not something that was built for women originally. That's not to say women don't have muses. I get muses in terms of actors or writers who inspire me, so I understand the concept.

We say women have made great strides: in biology, in many areas of chemistry, in many places, women are now the majority of medical students. But when I began my career, that wasn't the case. There were very strong stereotypes in biology and medicine.

International Women's Day means many things to many people. Officially, it is 'a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women.' These are important points that deserve to be called out - so we all remember their significance.

There are so many things I'm so proud of: if we're talking just in-ring stuff, participating in the first-ever women's royal rumble. I was so grateful to be a part of history. I never thought there would be an all-women's royal rumble.

We're a band and we just happen to be chicks, that's the way we've always thought of ourselves.