"One is not born a woman, but becomes one" - Simone de Beauvoir
"The Big Book of Feminist Quotes" is a collection of famous phrases by 77 feminists, including writers, singers, philosophers, suffragettes, academics, radical feminists and more. The book is an invaluable tool for anyone interested in the development of feminism, gender studies or just inspirational quotes.
"The Big Book of Feminist Quotes" features brief introductions for each author as well as a very short history of feminism.
Bella Abzug Abigail Adams Jane Addams Tori Amos Liz Carpenter Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Susan B. Anthony Mary Astell Margaret Atwood Catharine Beecher Annie Besant Elizabeth Blackwell Anne Bradstreet Antoinette Brown Charlotte Bunch Liz Carpenter Ana Castillo Carrie Chapman Catt Voltairine de Cleyre Hillary Clinton Mary Daly Angela Davis Simone de Beauvoir Christine de Pisan Barbara Deming Ani DiFranco Carol Ann Duffy Marguerite Duras Andrea Dworkin Susan Faludi Millicent Fawcett Betty Ford Margaret Fuller Carol Gilligan Charlotte Perkins Gilman Emma Goldman Germaine Greer Angelina Grimke Jane Harrison Julia Ward Howe Florynce R. Kennedy Coretta Scott King Sonia Johnson Audre Lorde Rosa Luxemburg Catharine MacKinnon Agnes Macphail Harriet Martineau Kate Millett Robin Morgan Lucretia Mott Anaïs Nin Ann Oakley Yoko Ono Grace Paley Emmeline Pankhurst Alice Paul Eva Peron Sylvia Plath Letty Cottin Pogrebin Adrienne Rich Ernestine Rose George Sand Margaret Sanger Olive Schreiner Barbara Smith Valerie Solanas Anna Garlin Spencer Elizabeth Cady Stanton Gloria Steinem Lucy Stone Sojourner Truth Harriet Tubman Mary Wollstonecraft Victoria Woodhull Virginia Woolf Frances Wright Clara Zetkin