Anna Howard Shaw Quote

I spoke at a woman's club in Philadelphia yesterday and a young lady said to me afterwards, "Well, that sounds very nice, but don't you think it is better to be the power behind the throne?" I answered that I had not had much experience with thrones, but a woman who has been on a throne, and who is now behind it, seems to prefer to be on the throne.


The Speeches of Anna Howard Shaw (ed. 1960)


I spoke at a woman's club in Philadelphia yesterday and a young lady said to me afterwards, Well, that sounds very nice, but don't you think it is...

I spoke at a woman's club in Philadelphia yesterday and a young lady said to me afterwards, Well, that sounds very nice, but don't you think it is...

I spoke at a woman's club in Philadelphia yesterday and a young lady said to me afterwards, Well, that sounds very nice, but don't you think it is...

I spoke at a woman's club in Philadelphia yesterday and a young lady said to me afterwards, Well, that sounds very nice, but don't you think it is...