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Women will change the nature of power, rather than power changing the nature of women.

Bella Abzug

This woman’s place is in the House – the House of Representatives.
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House Representatives
Never go back, never apologize, and never forget we’re half the human race.
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Apologizing Half Race
When I was a young lawyer, working women wore hats. It was the only way they would take you seriously.
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Hats Lawyer Way
The establishment is made up of little men, very frightened.
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Littles Made Men
The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes.
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Jobs Memorable Women
I always had a decent sense of outrage.
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Always Decent Outrage Sense
Congress is a middle-aged, middle-class, white male power structure … no wonder it’s been so totally unresponsive to the needs of this country.
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Class Country White
I am not being facetious when I say that the real enemies in this country are the Pentagon and its pals in big business.
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Business Country Real
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
I prefer the word ‘homemaker’ because ‘housewife’ always implies that there may be a wife someplace else.
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Funny Wife Women
In Britain the government has to come down in front of Parliament every day to explain its actions, but here the President never answers directly to Congress.
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Answer Government President
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
Nixon impeached himself. He gave us Ford as his revenge.
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Impeached Revenge Vehicle
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
We are coming down from our pedestal and up from the laundry room.
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Inspirational Motivational Women
All the men on my staff can type.
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Men Staff Type

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