Today, my friends, is International Women’s Day – the annual holiday to promote equal rights for women. While women have certainly come a long way (baby), there is still much work to be done to ensure that all women are treated as equals to men and that socialized gender inequality is addressed. In the spirit of the day, I offer sage wisdom from wise sages.
Pick your favorite, please.
1. “Woman is the companion of man, gifted with equal mental capacity.” – Gandhi
2. “The fastest way to change society is to mobilize the women of the world.” – Charles Malik
3. “We've begun to raise daughters more like sons . . . but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters.” – Gloria Steinem
4. “Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
AND “A woman is like a tea bag – you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
5. “The day will come when men will recognize woman as his peer, not only at the fireside, but in councils of the nation. Then, and not until then, will there be the perfect comradeship, the ideal union between the sexes that shall result in the highest development of the race.” – Susan B. Anthony
6. “Women have served all these centuries as looking glasses possessing the magic and delicious power of reflecting the figure of a man at twice its natural size.” – Virginia Woolf
7. “Human rights are women's rights and women's rights are human rights.” – Hillary Clinton
8. “I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.” – B. R. Ambedkar
9. “The question isn't who's going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.” – Ayn Rand
10. “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.” – Alice Walker
1. “Woman is the companion of man, gifted with equal mental capacity.” – Gandhi
2. “The fastest way to change society is to mobilize the women of the world.” – Charles Malik
3. “We've begun to raise daughters more like sons . . . but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters.” – Gloria Steinem
4. “Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
AND “A woman is like a tea bag – you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
5. “The day will come when men will recognize woman as his peer, not only at the fireside, but in councils of the nation. Then, and not until then, will there be the perfect comradeship, the ideal union between the sexes that shall result in the highest development of the race.” – Susan B. Anthony
6. “Women have served all these centuries as looking glasses possessing the magic and delicious power of reflecting the figure of a man at twice its natural size.” – Virginia Woolf
7. “Human rights are women's rights and women's rights are human rights.” – Hillary Clinton
8. “I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.” – B. R. Ambedkar
9. “The question isn't who's going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.” – Ayn Rand
10. “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.” – Alice Walker
