"Women have had the vote for over forty years and their organizations lobby in Washington for all sorts of causes; why, why, why don't they take up their own causes and obvious needs?"

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"Women have had the vote for over forty years and their organizations lobby in Washington for all sorts of causes; why, why, why don't they take up their own causes and obvious needs?"

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"One of the speakers asked how many women had been harassed or abused sexually in their life? There were thousands of women in the audience, and almost every one of them raised her hand."

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"At least 50 times. I've jumped off a building, jumped off a cliff in a car. I've been in bedrooms when women came in with knives and guns."

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"I'm glad to see that women have an important role within the industry. My no. 1 complaint would still be that most women are very submissive and victims. I would like to see women portrayed in a much stronger and intelligent capacity."

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"These dudes were 30 years old, and they would compete about getting the best chick. That came before their friendships. Some of them treat women like they're objects. I never felt like that."

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"Since Bush has been in office, African-American women have fallen behind in terms of income and wages."

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"If a woman possesses manly virtues one should run away from her; and if she does not possess them she runs away from herself."

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"But what of black women?... I most sincerely doubt if any other race of women could have brought its fineness up through so devilish a fire."

W. E. B. Du Bois, American Writer

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"When liberty is taken away by force it can be restored by force. When it is relinquished voluntarily by default it can never be recovered."

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