Florynce Kennedy - Woman Quotes

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People always ask if a woman can be a wife and mother and have a career at the same time. Why don't they ask if she can be a hostess, chauffeur, cook, gardener, nurse, seamstress, social secretary, purchasing agent, baby machine, and courtesan — and a wife and a mother too?

Florynce Kennedy

In a rape situation, a jury can be made to believe a woman almost invites rape when she's wearing tight pants or jeans, whereas a man in an expensive coat doesn't suggest he should be mugged, and wearing a diamond doesn't mean you are inviting robbery.

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Here I am a woman attorney being told I can't practice law in slacks by a judge dressed in drag.

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Women who say they're contented just having a nice husband and two beautiful children — fine; I'm glad. Of course, I always wonder what happens if one of the children isn't beautiful... and if the housework is so rewarding, why don't men do it, too? But this Movement isn't about getting some woman to leave her husband. It's about social justice.

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Take a look at your local Weird Herald. On the Woman's Page, are they telling you how to make aprons out of artichokes and artichokes out of aprons? Well, protest! Picket! And if that doesn't work, try boycotting their biggest advertiser. That should turn the trick.

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