The Great Depression of the 1930s saw more American unmarried women working from nine to five, mostly in repetitive, boring, subordinate, dead-end jobs. But the number of working women doubled between 1870 and 1940. During World War II it doubled once again.
Today, most women are surrounded by ingenious gadgets. They don't grow the peas or raise the chicken that they serve for dinner; instead they hunt and gather in the grocery store. They go through catalogs or department stores to buy clothes instead of shearing sheep, carding wool, and weaving cloth for skirts and coats and blankets.
To this day I get mail from women who say, I went to law school because of your song. But I would hate to think out of the wide spectrum of things I have done in my career, that's all I would be remembered for.
Women today have more of an overview of their lives and how marriage is or is not a part of it.
This man is frank and earnest with women. In Fresno, he's Frank and in Chicago he's Ernest.
Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves.
For Jesus, there are no countries to be conquered, no ideologies to be imposed, no people to be dominated. There are only children, women and men to be loved.
To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit and read it are old women over their tea.
A man who pretends to understand women is bad manners. For him to really to understand them is bad morals.
The use of the atomic bomb, with its indiscriminate killing of women and children, revolts my soul.
In too many instances, the march to globalization has also meant the marginalization of women and girls. And that must change.
Human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human rights.
Women are the largest untapped reservoir of talent in the world.
The women's movement completely changed attitudes all over the world in ways we'll never be able to count.
When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtues.
The most virtuous women have something within them, something that is never chaste.
Write in such a way as that you can be readily understood by both the young and the old, by men as well as women, even by children.
I think all beautiful women have a clean look. They like things that are simple.
Women are frightening. If you get to 41 as a man, you're quite battle-scarred.
Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn't they'd be married too.
Men have a much better time of it than women. For one thing, they marry later; for another thing, they die earlier.
The only really happy folk are married women and single men.
When women kiss it always reminds one of prize fighters shaking hands.
Love is an emotion that is based on an opinion of women that is impossible for those who have had any experience with them.
Women have simple tastes. They get pleasure out of the conversation of children in arms and men in love.
If women believed in their husbands they would be a good deal happier and also a good deal more foolish.
Women always excel men in that sort of wisdom which comes from experience. To be a woman is in itself a terrible experience.
As a result of 50 years of emancipation, feminine qualities were dying out or being transferred to the males. Pansies of both sexes were everywhere, not yet completely homosexual, but confused not knowing what they were. The result was a herd of unhappy sexual misfits... the women wanting to dominate and the men to be nannied.
They say the way to a man's heart is through his stomach. It's the same way with women... or at least the ones I want to be with.
Most companies target women as end users, but few are effectively utilizing female employees when it comes to innovating for female consumers. When women are empowered in the design and innovation process, the likelihood of success in the marketplace improves by 144%!
When it comes to women, there has been a tendency to define women in sports in the context of their relationships - they watch games because their husbands watch. They're interested because their kids play a sport. They buy tickets to a sporting event because it's a way to spend time with family.
Historically, our culture has not made room for the nuances of humanity. People have not been kept safe: women, people of colour, queer people, transgender people.
It is true that in France, women put on less things. If they have a necklace, they don't put on earrings; if they have nail polish, they don't put on all their rings and all their bracelets.
Although we have, in theory, abolished human slavery, recognized women's rights, and stopped child labor, we continue to enslave other species who, if we simply pay attention, show quite clearly that they experience parental love, pain, and the desire for freedom, just as we do.
My ideal man is faithful, honest, and a gentleman who knows how to treat women.
What I've never understood is why some women use plastic surgery to make themselves more attractive to men. The most beautiful woman is someone who's happy and is always smiling.
Every man needs two women: a quiet home-maker, and a thrilling nymph.
You're not working with models, you're working with real women who have, like, anatomy. Models do not have anatomy.
I can promise you that women working together - linked, informed and educated - can bring peace and prosperity to this forsaken planet.
Giving women education, work, the ability to control their own income, inherit and own property, benefits the society. If a woman is empowered, her children and her family will be better off. If families prosper, the village prospers, and eventually so does the whole country.
Women have always been courageous... They are always fearless when protecting their children and in the last century they have been fearless in the fight for their rights.
Women... can't live with 'em... can't shoot 'em.
There are many women who came before me who didn't really have the same opportunities that I have had. That's why I always wanted to be a great ambassador - not only today's generation - but for the women who really didn't have a voice, but who paved the way for me.
There are two kinds of women, those who want power in the world and those who want power in bed.
What is sad for women of my generation is that they weren't supposed to work if they had families. What were they going to do when the children are grown - watch the raindrops coming down the window pane?
There's no limit to what free men and free women in a free market with free enterprise can accomplish when people are free to follow their dream.
Women, you can have it all - a loving man, devoted husband, loving children, a fabulous career.
Here's the thing, men have to also mature in how they see women, too. Because they need to understand that it's not just about how we look, it's about who we are. And I am going to tell you like this, 'If you can't love me with short hair, and you telling me I got to have long hair to be loved, guess what, I ain't the one for you.'
Femininity is part of the God-given divinity within each of you. It is your incomparable power and influence to do good. You can, through your supernal gifts, bless the lives of children, women, and men. Be proud of your womanhood. Enhance it. Use it to serve others.
I like a women who's got some balls, some strength. As long as I can beat her at arm wrestling, that's fine.