Quotes by Patricia Ireland

About Patricia Ireland:

Patricia Ireland is a U.S. administrator and feminist. She served as president of the National Organization for Women, from 1991 to 2001 and published an autobiography, What Women Want, in 1996.
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Some of those men in power, we just have to change their faces because we're not going to change their minds.

Patricia Ireland

I want to organize so that women see ourselves as people who are entitled to power, entitled to leadership.

Patricia Ireland

Stewardesses are still paid so little that in many cases, new hires qualify for food stamps.

Patricia Ireland

Violence may be a good focus to organize around, but we have to look at women's lives in our entirety.

Patricia Ireland

I come from a Christian faith. I am not going to give you insight into my particular beliefs.

Patricia Ireland

The Young Women's Christian Association is nourished by its roots in Christianity and, at the same time, over the years, it's been enriched by beliefs and values from all kinds of places, even, in fact, strengthened by our diversity.

Patricia Ireland

We may be in a tough time right now, but when we are in a tough time is when our movement gets really strong.

Patricia Ireland

The Violence Against Women Act is so important. It provides money to train the cop on the beat, to train the judges that this is a new day, that we won't tolerate this violence and to know how to deal with it.

Patricia Ireland

There are a lot of people who worked extremely hard in the election who are still organized who know how to do door to door and phone canvassing, who know how to raise money.

Patricia Ireland

Women are called upon to defend every bit of progress we have made against particularly virulent attack. But we must also hold out a vision, put forth a positive agenda of what women need and want and then move forward toward that dream.

Patricia Ireland

I've talked to law enforcement officials at the state and local level who say that violence against women is going up. In any case, we think that it's an important issue whether it's going up or not. And we are determined to stop it.

Patricia Ireland

My answer to those who oppose my appointment as CEO is that this is really a decision of the YWCA. They want to strengthen their grassroots to advocate on behalf of women's and children's empowerment and ending racism.

Patricia Ireland

We always knew when we took on the issue of violence against women that somehow our opposition would come after us.

Patricia Ireland

I want to reach young women and to get them involved in the mission of the YWCA, economic empowerment of women and girls, and ending racism.

Patricia Ireland

I have a very personal interest. I am a Miami-Dade voter. One of the issues is that my vote and so many other votes of women and African Americans in Florida are being discounted or discarded. I want my vote to count.

Patricia Ireland

Author Bio

  • NamePatricia Ireland
  • DescriptionAmerican lawyer
  • BornOctober 19, 1945
  • CountryUnited States Of America