American Woman Quotes - Page 7

• IT is an astonishing thing that historians will look back and puzzle over, that in the 21st century, American women were such hunted creatures. Even as Republicans try to wrestle women into chastity belts, the Vatican is trying to muzzle American nuns.

  Maureen Dowd

  Trying, Muzzle, Looks

  "Bishops Play Church Queens as Pawns" by Maureen Dowd, www.nytimes.com. April 28, 2012.

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• The American woman's concept of marriage is a clearly etched picture of something uninflated on the floor. A sleeping-bag withoutair, a beanbag without beans, a padded bra without pads. To work on it, you start pumping--what the magazines call "breathing life into your marriage." Do enough of this and the marriage becomes a kind of Banquo's ghost, a quasi-living entity.

  Florence King

  Marriage, Sleep, Breathing

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• The impulse of the American woman to geld her husband and castrate her sons is very strong.

  John Steinbeck

  Strong, Husband, Son

  John Steinbeck (1989). “Steinbeck: A Life in Letters”, p.294, Penguin

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• I love America, and I love American women. But there is one thing that deeply shocks me - American closets. I cannot believe one can dress well when you have so much.

  Andree Putman

  Believe, America, Dresses

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• To reaffirm the statement on the choosing of my identity, I come from two beautiful cultures which I have embraced, bridged, balanced, and identify with. I am proud to be who I am as a Dine' (Navajo) and Nahilii (African American) woman. Hozho', , & blessings

  Radmilla Cody

  Beautiful, Blessing, Who I Am

  FaceBook post by Radmilla Cody from Feb 15, 2013

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• Most women do not realize that heart disease is the #1 killer of American women.

  Monica Potter

  Heart, Disease, Killers

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• Phyllis Schlafly speaks for all American women who oppose equal rights for themselves.

  Andy Rooney

  Rights, Speak, Equal

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• Outstanding American men seem to see power as something you use in order to correct someone who's wrong, to change them, to show them you see more in this situation than the boss does. Outstanding American women, on the other hand, see power as a resource, something you can use to get people together, to gain commitment.

  David McClelland

  Change, Commitment, Hands

  "Interview by David C. McClelland" by Katherine Adams, in Competency, vol. 4 no.3, pp.18 - 23, Spring, 1997.

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• American women were frustrated in just the role of housewife - but they also managed to enlarge it. And they weren't just housewives, they were community leaders.

  Betty Friedan

  Community, Leader, Frustrated

  Source: www.pbs.org

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