Strong Women’s most Empowering Feminist Quotes

Strong Women’s most Empowering Feminist Quotes: From Emmeline Pankhurst to Melinda Gates, we’ve created a list of the most inspiring feminist quotations from powerful women.

Women have fought up against unfairness and prejudice throughout history, from the fight for suffrage to the tidal wave that was the #MeToo movement.

The progress gained in the fight for gender equality is immensely inspirational, and despite the fact that there is still much to be done, individuals all around the world continue to strive for improvement.

We’ve selected some of the best feminist quotations from powerful women, including feminist activist Gloria Steinem, writer Virginia Woolf, and actress and UN Ambassador Emma Watson, if you’re seeking for motivation or inspiration.

Being a feminist means thinking that every woman should be able to speak up and achieve her dreams, and that men and women should collaborate to break down barriers and eliminate biases that still hold women back.’
Melinda Gates

‘I’ve never been able to figure out exactly what feminism is; all I know is that people refer to me as a feminist anytime I express feelings that set me apart from a doormat.’
Rebecca West

‘Both men and women should be able to express their emotions freely. Both men and women should be able to be powerful… It’s past time for us to see gender as a continuum rather than two conflicting sets of ideas.’
Emma Watson

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‘Being oneself is far more important than anything else. Do not even consider influencing others… Consider things in their own right.’
Vrginia Woolf

‘I’ve decided to stop apologizing for my femininity and femaleness. And I want to be recognized for who I am as a woman because I deserve it.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

‘I’m a feminist,’ she says. I’ve been a woman for quite some time. It would be foolish of me not to be on my own side.’
Maya Angelou

‘No country can ever truly flourish if it suffocates the potential of its women and denies half of its citizens the opportunity to contribute.’
Michelle Obama

‘There is no such thing as a female intellect. The brain is not a sex organ. It’s as though we’re talking about a female liver.’
Charlotte Perkins Gilman

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‘Writing is hazardous because we are terrified of what it reveals: a woman’s worries, angers, and strengths in the face of triple or quadruple persecution.’ Yet, because a woman who writes has power, it is in that exact act that we will survive. And a powerful lady is feared.’
Mariam Khan

‘We must liberate half of the human race, the women, so that they can assist in the liberation of the other half.’
Emmeline Pankhurst

‘We need more love not from men, but from ourselves and each other,’ says Rupi Kaur, poet and author of ‘Medicine.’
Rupi Kaur

‘She was becoming herself on a daily basis, shedding that artificial persona that we wear like a clothing to present ourselves to the world.’
Kate Chopin

‘We won’t be able to achieve our goals if half of us are kept back.’
Malala Yousafzai

‘Anyone who respects the equality and full humanity of women and men is a feminist.’
Gloria Steinem

‘Who runs the world?’ asks Beyoncé, a singer and actress. Girls.’
Beyoncé

That’s all about Strong Women’s most Empowering Feminist Quotes. I hope they were inspiring?