The Big Book of Feminist Quotes

by Aria Morello

"One is not born a woman, but becomes one" - Simone de Beauvoir

"The Big Book of Feminist Quotes" is a collection of famous phrases by 77 feminists, including writers, singers, philosophers, suffragettes, academics, radical feminists and more. The book is an invaluable tool for anyone interested in the development of feminism, gender studies or just inspirational quotes.

"The Big Book of Feminist Quotes" features brief introductions for each author as well as a very short history of feminism.

Bella Abzug
Abigail Adams
Jane Addams
Tori Amos
Liz Carpenter
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
Susan B. Anthony
Mary Astell
Margaret Atwood
Catharine Beecher
Annie Besant
Elizabeth Blackwell
Anne Bradstreet
Antoinette Brown
Charlotte Bunch
Liz Carpenter
Ana Castillo
Carrie Chapman Catt
Voltairine de Cleyre
Hillary Clinton
Mary Daly
Angela Davis
Simone de Beauvoir
Christine de Pisan
Barbara Deming
Ani DiFranco
Carol Ann Duffy
Marguerite Duras
Andrea Dworkin
Susan Faludi
Millicent Fawcett
Betty Ford
Margaret Fuller
Carol Gilligan
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Emma Goldman
Germaine Greer
Angelina Grimke
Jane Harrison
Julia Ward Howe
Florynce R. Kennedy
Coretta Scott King
Sonia Johnson
Audre Lorde
Rosa Luxemburg
Catharine MacKinnon
Agnes Macphail
Harriet Martineau
Kate Millett
Robin Morgan
Lucretia Mott
Anaïs Nin
Ann Oakley
Yoko Ono
Grace Paley
Emmeline Pankhurst
Alice Paul
Eva Peron
Sylvia Plath
Letty Cottin Pogrebin
Adrienne Rich
Ernestine Rose
George Sand
Margaret Sanger
Olive Schreiner
Barbara Smith
Valerie Solanas
Anna Garlin Spencer
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Gloria Steinem
Lucy Stone
Sojourner Truth
Harriet Tubman
Mary Wollstonecraft
Victoria Woodhull
Virginia Woolf
Frances Wright
Clara Zetkin

227 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 28, 2012

Reviews

[Laura Cruz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excelente recopilación de frases. Tal vez le faltaron más mujeres latinoamericanas o de alguna otra nacionalidad que no fuera estadounidense, pero es entendible por el desarrollo del movimiento feminista.

[Pauline]

Random quotes by random people, most of which have nothing to do with feminism. 5% in and there are already derogatory quotes about men... Sorry, in my book feminism is supposed to stand against gender generalisation, not the opposite. I'll be looking for another book that understands the concept and can highlight all the inspiring quotes that feminists have said over time. This isn't it.
(August 2016)

[Jen Tidman · Rating 2 out of 5]

This should more accurately be called "The Big Book of Quotes by Feminists and/or Women Liked by Feminists" as about half of the quotes had little to do with feminism. Still, many of the quotes were thought provoking regardless.

[Catseye Diamond · Rating 3 out of 5]

This text just includes random quotes by feminist women. I was not particularly happy with this collection.