Rachel Kushner Quotes

Since the beginning of time, women have had to fight for what they deserve. I'm proud to be a part of a wave of strong women on TV!

I think the culture today is very, very different from what it was in the '60s, and I feel lucky that I grew up at a time when I had these very strong female role models.

I've always played strong women who are doing their own thing.

I fought all my life for women to make their own choices, in their personal and professional lives. I made mine.

[T]he great social changes are impossible without the feminine ferment.

One of the things that we've tried to do with the 'Guardians' films is to allow the women to be full characters.

I'm always surprised when people talk about strong female characters because I feel like we all are.

It's sort of fair to say that Amazons, both as reality and as a dream of equality, have always been with us; it's just that sometimes that fiery Amazon spirit is hidden from view or even suppressed.

I believe 'Lean In' has the power to change not only our outlook but also the world and that it will become a touchstone publication for a generation of women.

There's a tendency to locate the cliche of the 'strong woman' exclusively in the present day, as if those many women who endured such inconveniences as the Depression and the Second World War were porcelain compared to, say, Amy Schumer.

Girls were nothing in the '70s.

In the past, I have played the roles of subdued, self-sacrificing women. But we need to show our women as bolder individuals. I know this will happen.

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

Happy international woman's day to all of the beautifully strong women across the world

Empower us women and we will change this whole entire world.

There must be a remedy even for such a crying evil as this [abortion]. But where shall it be found, at least where begin, if not in the complete enfranchisement and elevation of women?

The only thing the women were after was just the chance to help the world on. But some men were so dreadfully afraid of them that they refused to understand, and talked about 'shrieking sisterhoods' and 'disappointed spinsters' and rubbish of that sort.

Woman must not accept; she must challenge.

The most powerful thing is for women not just to be the beneficiaries of the change, but to be agents of it.

Women make up one half of society. Our society will remain backward and in chains unless its women are liberated, enlightened and educated.

Feminism is a transformational force, an individual and social force. It is a way of looking at the world-a questioning of power/domination issues, an affirmation of women's energy.

Female empowerment is very strong in my life and that's how I am.

We work to create a new wave of feminism that is more inclusive. I want others to feel equal. It's so great to see women in positions of power, which is why other artists, such as Marilyn Minter, are so inspirational to me.

As the youngest woman ever elected to Congress, I certainly would not be here today without the passion, dedication, and activism of Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

We always had a lot of admiration for feminists who were out there trying to change things for the better for women, who were trying to find equality in the workplace and at home.