I wasn't young, I wasn't pretty, and I was a black woman looking for success in a business where those attributes were certainly not in demand in the 1960s.
Whether you be man or woman you will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.
You can't be a strong or cool woman and be represented except in a harsh way, looking mean and cold and hard. It's like reverse sexism.
I do not consider myself a feminist. I do not believe that by doing female-oriented films that depict a woman fighting the system, we can change the system.
Maternal health remains a staggering challenge, particularly in the developing world. Globally, a woman dies from complications in childbirth every minute.
No other health disparity is so stark; virtually every woman who dies giving birth lives in a poor country.
What I am defending is the real rights of women. A woman should have the right to be in the home as a wife and mother.
To be able to throw one's self away for the sake of a moment, to be able to sacrifice years for a woman's smile - that is happiness.
Dorothy is the only woman in history who has had her menopause in public and made it pay.
Woody Allen said that 95% of history is explained as a man trying to impress a woman. And that's true in my life.
My mom was a working woman. She made more money than my dad. Both my parents worked. And this was in the '60s.
The measure would set criminal penalties, the same as those that would apply if harm or death happened to the pregnant woman, for those who harm a fetus.
A strong mentor can help a young woman find and advance in the career of her dreams that otherwise may have seemed impossible.
But, alas! what poor Woman is ever taught that she should have a higher Design than to get her a Husband?
For a modern woman it is important to be supported and that there is equality in every aspect, and that it's not two halves that make a whole - it's two wholes that make a whole.
Trust me that as I ignore all law to help the slave, so will I ignore it all to protect an enslaved woman.
Pregnancy is a kind of miracle. Especially so in that it proves that a man and woman can conspire to force God to create a new soul.
My mother was a woman who was very frustrated. She had a great deal of ability, and all this energy went into me and my brother.
Occasionally, when I get mad at a woman, I'll do some great, awful painting about her.
I am not a great French woman. George Sand, Marguerite Duras and Simone de Beauvoir are great French women.
I always wanted to be a father and thought it would be great, but it just took the right woman and the right time to make it all happen.
