The Quotable Woman The First 5000 Years 6th Revised Elaine Bernstein Partnow by Elaine Bernstein Partnow 9780816077250, 9781438131924, 0816077258, 1438131925 instant download after payment.

The Quotable Woman, Revised Edition gathers great quotations from thousands of women throughout history, from Eve to the present day. It is a treasure trove of both familiar and unexpected quotations on nearly every subject imaginable-from friendship, love, politics, and religion to education, the arts, and women's role in society. Contributors are presented in chronological order by the year of their birth, then alphabetically within each year. Indexes allow readers to find quotations by subject and contributors by name, occupation/profession, and nationality/ethnicity.
The updated and expanded edition features:
More than 4,000 additional quotations
More than 1350 new contributors
Many more quotations from women from Africa, South Asia, and the Middle East
Quotations include:
"A woman is like a teabag. You can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water."-Nancy Pelosi
"Men their rights and nothing more; women their rights and nothing less."-Susan B. Anthony
"My only concern was to go get home after a hard day's work."-Rosa Parks
"When men start to become the fathers they wished they had, it's a real change."-Gloria Steinem
"Indeed, she had seen enough of the world to know that in few people is discretion stronger than the desire to tell a good story."-Murasaki Shikibu