Quotes about "Women's Wisdom"

I never really thought about the fact that there weren't female role models, because I had them in my life. The women I knew in my life were so strong. ”

It pains me deeply to see members of my own party attempting to legislate women's health and contraception choices. ”

I am delighted to resume the leadership of both companies. ”

Fairness and equality means that what you are never limits who you can be. It means that a young African-American man like my father can start a business with $500 and a dream. It means that a young African-American woman like my mother can walk into European fashion houses with her head held high and be treated with respect. ”

Traditionally, royal females who have not had the luck to become queens regnant have been granted very limited roles. They have been expected to look pretty, be discreet, do charitable good deeds, and - if married to princes or kings - be quietly supportive and, above all, fertile. ”

Since the Second World War, as female expectations and opportunities have risen, becoming a royal woman - and remaining a royal woman - has seemed less and less an attractive proposition. ”

Partly because women in the U.S. are better represented in the hierarchies, the culture wars over gender there have been particularly fierce. ”

Modesty used to be considered a natural female attribute. No more. ”

I'm still very interested in telling one-of-a-kind women's stories. ”

It took me a while to warm to the '20s costumes on 'Downton.' I love it when women accentuate their curves, and that era was all about hiding them. The shapes they wore then were in tune with female empowerment. Cutting off their hair and hiding their busts was a way of saying, 'We're equal to men!' ”