40 Powerful Women's Equality Day Quotes to Honor Women's Rights
Celebrate the accomplishments of powerful women with these inspiring quotes.
Everyone should be a feminist. That’s especially true on August 26, Women’s Equality Day. Feminism is the belief that all genders are equal. Like the fight against other forms of inequality such as racism and homophobia, the struggle for women’s equality has made a lot of progress but also still has a long way to go.
On Women’s Equality Day every year, we mark the anniversary of the certification of the 19th Amendment that gave women the right to vote. The amendment was passed in 1920, and Women’s Equality Day was established in 1973 to celebrate it. This August 26, celebrate with these Women’s Equality Day quotes to honor the important contributions of smart and courageous women who trailblazed a path for more equal treatment.
Arundhati Roy
Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.
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Coco Chanel
A girl should be two things: Who and what she wants.
Eleanor Roosevelt
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Emma Watson
Don’t let anyone tell you what you can and can’t do or achieve. Do what you want to do and be who you want to be.
Gloria Steinem
Don’t think about making women fit the world — think about making the world fit women.
Madeleine Albright
It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.
Malala Yousafzai
We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back.
Maya Angelou
Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.
Serena Williams
Every woman's success should be an inspiration to another. We're strongest when we cheer each other on.
Virginia Woolf
There is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.
Shirley Chisholm
If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.
G.D. Anderson
Feminism isn't about making women stronger. Women are already strong, it's about changing the way the world perceives that strength.
Isabelle Allende
I can promise you that women working together – linked, informed and educated – can bring peace and prosperity to this forsaken planet.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Of course, I am not worried about intimidating men. The type of man who will be intimidated by me is exactly the type of man I have no interest in.
Simone Biles
It's important to teach our female youth that it's OK to say, 'Yes, I am good at this,' and you don't hold back.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Women belong in all places where decisions are being made. … It shouldn't be that women are the exception.
bell hooks
Feminism is for everybody.
Amelia Earhart
Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others.
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Susan B. Anthony
Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less.
Geraldine Ferraro
Some leaders are born women.
Sarah Vincent (she/her) covers the latest and greatest in books and all things pets for Good Housekeeping. She double majored in Creative Writing and Criminal Justice at Loyola University Chicago, where she sat in the front row for every basketball game. In her spare time, she loves cooking, crafting, studying Japanese, and, of course, reading.
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