1970s Feminist Quotes & Sayings

The fight for women's rights hasn't come in waves. Wonder Woman was a product of the suffragist, feminist, and birth control movements of the 1900s and 1910s and became a source of the women's liberation and feminist movements of the 1960s and 1970s. The fight for women's rights has been a river, wending. — Jill Lepore

I am a feminist, although I always worry saying that because you then get people asking you about the 1970s. — Sarah Hall

Despite the strength of the feminist movement in the 1970s and beyond, a fable has persisted that educated women are rejected as marriage partners. — Karen DeCrow

In the 1970s, Washington women lawyers were getting organized. Grouping together gave us courage. And we overcame. — Carolyn R. Dimmick

Well, you know, I was raised by a 1970s feminist. My mom had a consciousness-raising group. I used to sit at the top of the stairs and listen to them. — Ayelet Waldman