What is Feminism? The Athenaeum, 27 April 1895, defined a feminist as a woman who "has in her the capacity of fighting her way back to independence".
"Men and Women who are politically engaged in feminist issues should avoid labelling themselves as feminists; rather they should substitute 'I am a feminist' with 'I advocate feminism' to emphasize the ideological basis of their beliefs." (bell hooks)
"I AM NOT A BARBIE DOLL" (worded sign hoisted by a young girl in the 1970 Women's Strike for Equality march)
"Feminism asks the world to recognize at long last that women aren't decorative ornaments, worthy vessels, members of a 'special-interest' group." (Susan Faludi)
"Womanist is to feminist as purple to lavender." (Alice Walker)
"I am a feminist, and what that means to me is much the same as the meaning of the fact that I am Black: it means that I must undertake to love myself and to respect myself as though my very life depends upon self-love and self-respect." (June Jordan)
"Let woman then go on - not asking favors, but claiming as a right the removal of all hindrances to her elevation in the scale of being - let her I receive encouragement for the proper cultivation of all her powers, so that 110 she may enter profitably into the active business of life." (Lucretia Mott)
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