“The Joy – The Oy – Of Motherhood”.
Amy Simon
“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men AND WOMEN are created equal”.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton (and Lucretia Mott) Declaration of Sentiments First Women’s Convention 1848 Seneca Falls, New York
“When you’re at work, you think of the children you’ve left at home. When you’re at home, you think of the work you’ve left unfinished. Such a struggle is unleashed within yourself, your heart is rent”.
Golda Meir, Israel’s First Female Prime Minister 1948
“Any woman who understands the problems of running a home is that much nearer to understanding the problems of running a country”.
Margaret Thatcher – First Female Prime Minster of England 1980s
“The real obstacle to equality is not the vote but the division of lifestyles between men and women…”
Elizabeth Cady Stanton – 1800s
“Oh, if only you were born a boy”.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s father, Judge Daniel Cady 1826
“Female Suffrage causes a sexual state of war”.
Wendell Phillips 1850s Abolitionist – 1850s
“I come before you to declare that my sex are entitled to the inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
Victoria Woodhull – Mother and The First Woman To Run For President in 1872
“…women had to be organized to gain an equal share of political power if they were to improve their economic and social status”.
Congresswoman Bella Abzug 1970s
“Government sponsored childcare is a communistic subversion of the traditional family.”
President Nixon vetoing Bella Abzug and Shirley Chilshom’s Childcare Act of 1971
“A wife in the workforce threatens the very structure of family life itself”.
Ronald Reagan 1980s
“The Price Of Motherhood, Why The Most Important Job In The World Is Still The Least Valued” 2001
Anne Crittenden – (who is a New York Times Reporter and Pulitzer Prize Nominee) after leaving the “paid” workforce to become a mother, wrote this book in response to being asked at a dinner party – “Didn’t you used to be Anne Crittenden?”