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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The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes. – 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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Women have been trained to speak softly and carry a lipstick. Those days are over. – Bella Abzug

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Whenever we have thanked these men and women for what they have done for us, without exception they have expressed gratitude for having the chance to help – because they grew as they served. – Clayton Christensen

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Women have no wilderness in them. They are provident instead content in the tight hot cell of their hearts. To eat dusty bread. – Louise Bogan

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Feminism is hated because women are hated. Anti-feminism is a direct expression of misogyny it is the political defense of women hating. – Andrea Dworkin

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I love the fact that there are also women out there that dont have a choice and they must go to work and they still have to raise the kids. Thank goodness that we value those people too. – Ann Romney

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