Margaret Fuller Quotes

We would have every arbitrary barrier thrown down. We would have every path laid open to Woman as freely as to Man.

There must be equal opportunities for women. There is no difference between man and woman in their creation, in their humanity, in their pursuit of knowledge, in their understanding, in their intelligence, in their religious piety, in serving God and in serving people.

Paying women equally for comparable work done by men would be the biggest economic stimulus that this country could possibly have … $200 billion dollars into the economy every year and would be way more effective than propping up banks on Wall Street because this money would get spent and not put into Swiss bank accounts.

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.

Nobody wants to be in a room or their business to be funded because they're a woman. They don't want to be discriminated against because they're a woman.

Women have talent and intelligence but, due to social constraints and prejudices, it is still a long distance away from the goal of gender equality.

The Nordic countries are leading the way on women's equality, recognizing women as equal citizens rather than commodities for sale.

I believe I've always been a big believer in equality. No one has ever been able to tell me I couldn't do something because I was a girl.

Affirmative action has been generally cast in terms of race. I think women themselves are not as cognizant of the role affirmative action has played in opening the doors for women.

Men whose mothers had no formal education are inclined to oppose the notions of granting women equal political rights and equal employment opportunities. Quite the opposite is true of men whose mothers attended a university.

Perhaps the major challenge during my time in office was getting employers to understand how much more needed to be done to give women their fair share of employment opportunities.

The ability of women is not known because they are relegated to the business of procreation, child-rearing, and breast feeding.

I regret the trifling narrow contracted education of the females of my own country.

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.

I like the fact that glass ceilings are breaking all over.

To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man.

The battle for the individual rights of women is one of long standing and none of us should countenance anything which undermines it.

Our daughters were coming of age during a rising consciousness about gender equality. Throughout their school years - from kindergarten through graduate school, 1972 to 1992 - women were starting to take their places in areas traditionally reserved mostly for men.

Now that women are jockeys, baseball umpires, atomic scientists, and business executives, maybe someday they can master parallel parking.

We still have tremendous work ahead of us to ensure that women have equal opportunities in the workplace and in our society.

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

The day may be approaching when the whole world will recognize woman as the equal of man.

Today, unless women gain jobs and athletic scholarships commensurate with their percentage of the population, feminists scream discrimination.

The rights of one sex, political and otherwise, are the same as those of the other sex, and this equality of rights ought to be fully recognized.

I don't think we really think about where we get our equality from. There is a sense of feminism and women become passe, in my opinion.