Women's Equality Day is celebrated in the United States every year on August 26 to commemorate the adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment to the US Constitution in 1920. The Amendment prohibited the states and the federal government from refusing the right to vote to women in the United States.
The celebrations of the day are not limited to the US. Women's Equality Day is not celebrated across the world since women continue to battle for justice. With Women's Equality Day just around the corner, as we once again underline women's equality in all spheres, we thought of bringing you some inspiring quotes on women's equality from celebrated names to elevate your zeal.
Women's Equality Day Quotes By Leaders
"When women succeed, nations are more safe, secure, and prosperous." - Barack Obama, Former President of the United States
"Empowerment of women leads to development of a good family, good society and ultimately a good nation." - Indira Gandhi, Former Prime Minister of India
"When there is oppression, the only self-respecting thing is to rise and say this shall cease today because my right is justice." - Sarojini Naidu, Former Governor of Uttar Pradesh
"Oppression and discrimination must be challenged and fought against." - Savitribai Phule, Indian social reformer
"Women belong in all places where decisions are being made… It shouldn’t be that women are the exception." - Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
"Men, Their Rights, and Nothing More;
Women, Their Rights, and Nothing Less." - Susan B. Anthony, American women's rights activist
"I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own." - Audre Lorde, American Writer
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"Human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human rights." - Hillary Clinton, Former United States Secretary of State
"It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent." - Madeleine Albright
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"We must reject not only the stereotypes that others hold of us but also the stereotypes that we hold of ourselves." - Shirley Chisholm, Former United States Representative
"I raise up my voice—not so that I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard. We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back." - Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani education activist
Women's Equality Day Quotes By Celebrities
"We need to reshape our own perception of how we view ourselves. We have to step up as women and take the lead." - Beyoncé, American Singer-Songwriter
"There's something so special about a woman who dominates in a man's world. It takes a certain grace, strength, intelligence, fearlessness, and the nerve to never take no for an answer." - Rihanna, Singer
“It is time that we all see gender as a spectrum instead of two sets of opposing ideals.” - Emma Watson, Actor
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