Quote by Bella Abzug
I prefer the word homemaker, because housewife always implies that

I prefer the word homemaker, because housewife always implies that there may be a wife someplace else. – Bella Abzug

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I began wearing hats as a young lawyer because it helped me to establish my professional identity. Before that, whenever I was at a meeting, someone would ask me to get coffee… – Bella Abzug

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Equality
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We have done almost everything in pairs since Noah, except govern. And the world has suffered for it. – Bella Abzug

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Men & Women
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Women have been trained to speak softly and carry a lipstick. Those days are over. – Bella Abzug

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I have an idea that the phrase “weaker sex” was coined by some woman to disarm some man she was preparing to overwhelm. – Ogden Nash

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Usually the woman has an appointment with destiny, and the man just happens to be there. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots. – Rebecca West

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Women of the working class, especially wage workers, should not have more than two children at most. The average working man can support no more and and the average working woman can take care of no more in decent fashion. – Margaret Sanger

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