Ronna McDaniel Quotes

If the feminist program goes to pieces on the arrival of the first baby, it's false and useless.

I focus on a lot of women's issues.

I think these are very precarious times for women, it seems. So many of your rights are under assault.

I believe employment regulations for women, whereby the prospective employer is not able to inquire about the interviewee's status regarding children, childcare, or indeed their intention of becoming a parent, are counterproductive.

I don't want women and their families to be left out and left behind. We can fight for them. We will fight for them. They deserve better and I want to give them better.

My mom worked tirelessly on getting equal rights for women.

I'm not a sexist. I believe if a man can to go work all his life, a woman can. Who am I to say, 'Don't do that because you're a girl?'

Child care, abortion and women in the labor force. White women must get in line behind us. The issue is survival.

I am appearing before a committee of fifteen men who will report to a legislative body of one hundred men because of a decision handed down by a court comprised of nine men—on an issue that affects millions of women.... I have the feeling that if men could get pregnant, we wouldn’t be struggling for this legislation. If men could get pregnant, maternity benefits would be as sacrosanct as the G.I. Bill.

I consider myself incredibly fortunate to be a woman working in America. It looks very different to be a working woman in other places in the world.

If you want to have high-powered career women who have families, you need to provide options for them in terms of childcare.

As the highest-ranking Republican woman in the U.S. House of Representatives and the mom of two daughters, I believe if we're serious as a nation about empowering every American to pursue his or her own dreams, then true cases of gender discrimination need to be confronted.

Imagine the day when girls everywhere won't have to fight for the right to be recognized for their great work or their contributions to society.

I'm a feminist with a capital 'F' and have always had a passion for policy.

Since being elected to the City Council, I have been unwavering in my commitment to address issues uniquely impacting women and girls and advance policies that stabilize and strengthen our communities.

I've always considered myself a feminist, I always considered myself somebody who is a reproductive rights activist, and I've spent the past 25 years of my life speaking truth to power. And using humor to do that.

Before I leave this Earth, I would like to know they have given women the same benefits and promotions as men.

Feminism is for all women and girls, not a privileged few or one ethnicity, religion, age, sexual preference, ability, region or hemisphere.

Feminism is, I hope, a way to a better future for everyone who inhabits this world. Feminism should not be something that needs a seductive marketing campaign. The idea of women moving through the world as freely as men should sell itself.

New York City has finally hired women to pick up the garbage, which makes sense to me, since, as I've discovered, a good bit of being a woman consists of picking up garbage.

Women have helped shape our world, yet still do not receive the recognition and compensation they deserve.

I am most certainly a feminist.

I have an equal opportunity womb!

I AM what is called a Feminist. Thirty years ago I left a monastery and began a sane human existence. Within two or three years, I find, I was defending the rights of women.

The battle for women's rights has been largely won.