Olive Schreiner Quotes

There's a lot of women's organisations, but they're all working separately. If you get people together, as a collaborative voice, it's strong.

Oh, if I could but live another century and see the fruition of all the work for women! There is so much yet to be done.

People can say what they want, but historically, feminism in the Dominican Republic has been extremely strong.

I am really glad women are speaking out.

Like life, peace begins with women. We are the first to forge lines of alliance and collaboration across conflict divides.

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.

Women's progress has been a collective effort.

I'm thankful for the work that feminists like Gloria Steinem have done. I am a feminist, but the geography for women today is vastly different than it was in the '60s.

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

I believe that it is our human right to be parents and women. And there's no contradiction between feminism, which means women should have all that they are entitled to, all that they can do, all the opportunities that they can take advantage of they should have.

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

The creation of a peaceful and sustainable world civilization will be impossible without the full participation of women in every arena of human activity.36 While this proposition is increasingly supported, there is a marked difference between intellectual acceptance and its implementation.

The thing I have learned this year is that any improvement in the great mass of women is only possible through socialism…

Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex.

I was alive during the women's lib movement, and I do not remember anyone taking a position against cooking. I think they were talking about other things.

Women have started speaking their minds, and men have graciously started accepting that. I love this.

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.

If we, as a group, can change people's view from thinking they're watching football as opposed to women's football, then I think we've been successful.

So, obviously, on International Women's Day, we are honoring the achievements of women, but gender equality and feminism cannot evolve in our humanity if we're not bringing our boys and men along.

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

The glass ceiling will go away when women help other women break through that ceiling.

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

I believe 2016 is the Year of the Woman and now more than ever, it is our time to accomplish anything and everything.

I think it holds up pretty good because more and more women are coming to the forefront in all areas, and back then they said that nobody would care about women's friendship.

I think maybe it's too bad that our society isn't further along and this is such a big deal. I think it's time...that people realize that women in this country can do any job they want to do.