Evonne Goolagong Cawley Quotes

I ask no favors for my sex. I surrender not our claim to equality. All I ask of our brethren is, that they will take their feet from off our necks, and permit us to stand upright on that ground which God designed us to occupy.

Being a mother is no longer a liability, and being a woman is no longer a pre-existing condition!

I am a woman. I write SF. And it's not acceptable to treat me as anything less than an equal. I won't stand for it.

Much of my adult life has been spent fighting for equal opportunity, and the idea that I would support limiting opportunity for any segment of society, particularly women, is antithetical to who I am and what I have done.

I don't feel that I've faced discrimination. I've had every chance to succeed and more, and I think that's what all women should have.

My commitment to gender equality is rooted in the quintessentially American principle of equal justice under law.

My goal is to show girls that I'm fighting so they don't have to, so they don't have to fight the same battles, so they don't have to fight for wage equality or whatever it may be.

Billie Jean King always was there for me as a role model. She always fought for equality, and that always stood out as I was coming up.

I never considered myself less worthy than a man in football. Never. Never, never, never.

We got the vote, which we should've been born with, in 1920. Everything we've had to struggle for - it's ridiculous.

I demanded more rights for women because I know what women had to put up with.

To me, feminism is such a simple description: it's equal rights, economic rights, political rights, and social rights.

Mr. President how long must women wait to get their liberty? Let us have the rights we deserve.

Does being a feminist mean that I believe that I'm as good as any man? Yes.

I believe in a man and a woman being equal. I really believe that we can do anything we set our minds to.

I can hear the roar of women's silence.

I totally agree with equal rights and women's causes, and most of my songs are woman-power, but I don't want to be labelled at 20 years old.

I would definitely say I'm a feminist. To me, it just means being attentive and mindful. It's about equality and equal treatment. It feels like a gut instinct.

Feminism is the ability to choose what you want to do.

Until women learn to want economic independence, and until they work out a way to get this independence without denying themselves the joys of love and motherhood, it seems to me feminism has no roots.

While women may look different, as some wear suits and others wear saris, or some cover their hair while others wear their hair loose, women need to stand together because they all face the central point of discrimination, although the extremity of which may be different from Kigali to Kabul.

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

We all fight over what the label 'feminism' means but for me it's about empowerment. It's not about being more powerful than men - it's about having equal rights with protection, support, justice. It's about very basic things. It's not a badge like a fashion item.

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.

I don't consider myself a feminist, but I feel very empowered as a woman, and I've used all my resources widely. I believe in equality, but that's just naturally happening. I still want a door opened for me, to be treated like a lady, but I also want equal rights for women, of course.