I'm doing another quote post (see past ones here and here); the topic for today is feminism. Enjoy these empowering quotations from women who have come before us!
from the Norton Anthology
about Margaret Fuller (1810-1850)
"At a time when no institutions of higher learning were open to women, her richly allusive writings displayed a knowledge of literary traditions, history, religion, and political and legal thought that one would associate with a university-educated scholar or teacher; and at a time when women were expected to remain within the domestic sphere—and never under any circumstances to compete with men—her activist public presence and confident persona troubled and fascinated her male friends. Devoted to Emerson's Transcendentalist philosophy of self-culture, which she insisted pertained as much to women as to men, Fuller educated herself widely, published in a variety of genres, participated in a range of cultural and political movements, and continually challenged herself to move in new directions." (736)
Lupita Nyong'o
"You can't eat beauty. It doesn't sustain you. What is fundamentally beautiful is compassion, for yourself and those around you. That kind of beauty enflames the heart and enchants the soul."
"I hope my presence on your screens and in the magazines may lead you, young girl, on a similar journey. That you will feel the validation of your external beauty but also get to the deeper business of being beautiful on the inside."
There's so many more quotes, but today's a short post. Go find some on your own, if you like!
Madeline
