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the women’s movement, not only here in the U.S., but worldwide, is bigger and stronger than ever before and in places where it has never been. It has arms. It has legs. And most importantly, it has heads.

Bella Abzug

We are coming down from our pedestal and up from the laundry room.
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Inspirational Motivational Women
We have done almost everything in pairs since Noah, except govern. And the world has suffered for it.
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Done Feminism World
This woman’s place is in the House – the House of Representatives.
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House Representatives
I began wearing hats as a young lawyer because it helped me to establish my professional identity. Before that, whenever I was at a meeting, someone would ask me to get coffee.
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Coffee Identity Meeting Someone
She (a woman politician) will be challenging a system that is still wedded to militarism and that saves billions of dollars a year by underpaying women and using them as a reserve cheap labor supply
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Challenges Dollars Years
All the men on my staff can type.
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Men Staff Type
Our struggle today is not to have a female Einstein get appointed as an assistant professor. It is for a woman schlemiel to get as quickly promoted as a male schlemiel.
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Justice Memorable Struggle
I prefer the word ‘homemaker’ because ‘housewife’ always implies that there may be a wife someplace else.
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Funny Wife Women
They are a very extensive minority who have suffered discrimination and who have the same right to participation in the promise and fruits of society as every other individual.
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Individuality Promise Suffering
Nixon impeached himself. He gave us Ford as his revenge.
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Impeached Revenge Vehicle
Women have been trained to speak softly and carry a lipstick. Those days are over.
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Equality Heartless Strong Women
We need laws that protect everyone – men and women, straights and gays, regardless of sexual perversion…ah, persuasion.
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Gay Law Men
If we get a government that reflects more of what this country is really about, we can turn the century – and the economy – around.
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Country Government Reality
Never go back, never apologize, and never forget we’re half the human race.
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Apologizing Half Race
Maybe we weren’t at the Last Supper, but we’re certainly going to be at the next one.
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Lasts Next Women
Women will change the nature of power, rather than power changing the nature of women.
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Changing Nature Power Women

the women’s movement, not only here in the U.S., but worldwide, is bigger and stronger than ever before and in places where it has never been. It has arms. It has legs. And most importantly, it has heads.

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the women’s movement, not only here in the U.S., but worldwide, is bigger and stronger than ever before and in places where it has never been. It has arms. It has legs. And most importantly, it has heads.

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