New voices in an old art - and women poets have been that for much more than a century - do not diminish the art through the category. They enrich it. They renew it with common quandaries of craft and innovation. The category simply allows the quandaries to be seen more clearly. Eavan Boland artcategorycentury share on social
You cannot make women contented with cooking and cleaning and you need not try. Ellen Swallow Richards cleancontentcook Change image and share on social
All the Shakespeare parts are for young women, mostly. Gemma Jones partshakespearewoman Change image and share on social
Most women have learned a great deal about how to set goals for our First Adulthood and how to roll with the punches when we hit a rough passage. But we're less prepared for our Second Adulthood as we approach life after retirement, where there are no fixed entrances or exits, and lots of sand into which it is easy to bury our heads. Gail Sheehy adulthoodapproachbury share on social
Old-fashioned ways which no longer apply to changed conditions are a snare in which the feet of women have always become readily entangled. Jane Addams applychangecondition Change image and share on social
As I see with Lori's testimony, you say what good could come out of all these abortions and all what she's been through? But she has been a part of a new Bible for women, a mentoring Bible. Jim Bakker abortionbiblegood Change image and share on social
I just think that people are complicated, both men and women. It happens that I write more about women. Curtis Sittenfeld complicatemanpeople Change image and share on social
A lot of women say they love being pregnant, but I wasn't such a big fan. Marion Jones bigfanlot Change image and share on social
A typical complaint of married women with children is that their job stress tired them out so that they have little quality emotion and energy left for their children, much less their husbands. Laura Schlessinger childcomplaintemotion Change image and share on social
The idea that women compete or don't like each other or undermine each other or sabotage each other, that's a big miss. That is not true at all. At all. My women connect with each other instantly and help each other. Patricia Riggen bigcompeteconnect share on social