13 Quotes That Will Make You Proud To Be A Feminist
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13 Quotes That Will Make You Proud To Be A Feminist

Who run the world? Girls!

Hope Ann Evans
May 08, 2017
Corban University
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13 Quotes That Will Make You Proud To Be A Feminist
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I am a feminist. Yes, that's right, I said the f-word. I'm a feminist because I believe that women deserve a voice in society in politics. I'm a feminist because women were made to think, feel, and act for themselves. I'm a feminist because I have my own dreams and ambitions, and I would never be able to achieve them without it. I need feminism, and whether you like it or not, so do you. A society in which women are empowered is a society that thrives.

1. "A woman is like a tea bag—you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water." —Eleanor Roosevelt

2. "I raise up my voice- not so I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard... we cannot succeed when half of us are held back." -Malala Yousafzai

3. "Women belong in all places where decisions are being made... It shouldn't be that women are the exception." -Ruth Bader Ginsburg

4. "Feminism is for everybody." -Bell Hooks

5. "Feminism is about giving women choice. Feminism is not a stick with which to beat other women with. It's about freedom, it's about liberation, it's about equality." -Emma Watson

6. "I am no bird; no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will." -Charlotte Bronte

7. "It’s not my responsibility to be beautiful. I’m not alive for that purpose. My existence is not about how desirable you find me." -Warsan Shire

8. "My own sex, I hope, will excuse me, if I treat them like rational creatures, instead of flattering their fascinating graces, and viewing them as if they were in a state of perpetual childhood, unable to stand alone." -Mary Wollstonecraft

9. "Feminism is the radical notion that women are human beings." -Cheris Kramarae

10. "The day will come when men will recognize woman as his peer, not only at the fireside, but in councils of the nation. Then, and not until then, will there be the perfect comradeship, the ideal union between the sexes that shall result in the highest development of the race." -Susan B. Anthony

11. “I’m a feminist. I’ve been a female for a long time now. It’d be stupid not to be on my own side.” -Maya Angelou

12. "We move forward when we recognize how resilient and striking the women are around us." -Rupi Kaur

13. "For most of history, Anonymous was a woman." -Virginia Woolf


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