WIST Quotations

Henry, Alice -- The Trade Union Woman, ch. 12 (1915)

Dave — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 21:10:10 +0000

Men, even good men, cannot be trusted to take care of women’s interests.

Alice Henry (1857–1943) Australian suffragist, journalist, trade unionist
The Trade Union Woman, ch. 12 (1915)
(Source)

On the need for women to have the vote.

Pratchett, Terry -- Discworld No. 2, The Light Fantastic (1986)

Dave — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 04:25:42 +0000

Not for the first time she reflected that there were many drawbacks to being a swordswoman, not least of which was that men didn’t take you seriously until you’d actually killed them, by which time it didn’t really matter anyway.

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author
Discworld No. 2, The Light Fantastic (1986)
(Source)

Martin, Judith -- Interview (1997-03), “She Says: Miss Manners,” by Sandy Fernández, Ms magazine, Vol. 7, No. 5 (1997-03/04)

Dave — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 15:01:34 +0000

People are always saying to me, “Don’t you want to go back in time?” To where? Prefeminism? Not very much, no.

Judith Martin (b. 1938) American author, journalist, etiquette expert [a.k.a. Miss Manners]
Interview (1997-03), “She Says: Miss Manners,” by Sandy Fernández, Ms magazine, Vol. 7, No. 5 (1997-03/04)
(Source)

Martin, Judith -- Interview (1997-03), “She Says: Miss Manners,” by Sandy Fernández, Ms magazine, Vol. 7, No. 5 (1997-03/04)

Dave — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 19:06:01 +0000

A lot of men got upset at the feminist movement because they had all the toys and we wanted some.

Euripides -- Helen [Ἑλένη], l. 329 (412 BC) [tr. Lattimore (1956)]

Dave — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 16:07:57 +0000

CHORUS: It is right for women to stand by a woman’s cause.

[ΧΟΡΟΣ: γυναῖκα γὰρ δὴ συμπονεῖν γυναικὶ χρή.]

Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Helen [Ἑλένη], l. 329 (412 BC) [tr. Lattimore (1956)]
(Source)

Encouraging Helen to learn more about her husband's fate from the prophetess Theonoë, and offering to go with her. (Source (Greek)). Other translations:

Thus a woman ought
With friendly aid to share a woman's cares.
[tr. Potter (1783), l. 370ff]

For 'tis a woman's duty to exert
Her utmost efforts in a woman's cause.
[tr. Wodhull (1809)]

For it is meet that a woman should with a woman labor.
[tr. Buckley (1850)]

For, truly, women ought to help each other.
[tr. Coleridge (1891)]

That woman woman's burden share, is meet.
[tr. Way (Loeb) (1912)]

Women in woman's need must sympathise.
[tr. Sheppard (1925)]

For women ought to give each other helping hands.
[tr. Warner (1951)]

Women ought to help each other.
[tr. Vellacott (1954)]

We are all women;
and it is right for us to shoulder one another's burdens.
[tr. Meagher (1986)]

Women should support one another.
[tr. Davie (2002)]

For 'tis a woman's bounden duty to share a sister's trouble.
[tr. Athenian Society (2006)]

Women should stick together, and help each other out.
[tr. A. Wilson (2007)]

We women must help one another.
[tr. Theodoridis (2011)]

For woman must with woman toil.
[tr. Ambrose et al. (2018)]

For, truly, women ought to help each other.
[tr. Coleridge / Helen Heroization Team]

Stanton, Elizabeth Cady -- Letter (1855-09-10) to Susan B. Anthony

Dave — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 14:55:25 +0000

To think that all in me of which my father would have felt a proper pride had I been a man, is deeply mortifying to him because I am a woman.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815–1902) American social activist, abolitionist, woman's suffragist
Letter (1855-09-10) to Susan B. Anthony
(Source)

Barbusse, Henri -- Light, ch. 23 (1919)

Dave — Tue, 22 Aug 2023 02:05:11 +0000

That society is badly arranged which forces nearly all women to be servants.

Henri Barbusse (1873–1935) French novelist, poet, journalist, activist
Light, ch. 23 (1919)
(Source)

Marston, William Moulton -- “Introducing Wonder Woman,” All Star Comics #8 (25 Oct 1941) [with artist Harry G. Peter]

Dave — Mon, 07 Aug 2023 17:39:17 +0000

Splash page of All Star Comics #8 (Dec/Jan 1941/42)

At last, in a world torn by the hatred and wars of men, appears a woman to whom the problems and feats of men are mere child’s play — a woman whose identity is known to none, but whose sensational feats are outstanding in a fast-moving world! With a hundred times the agility and strength of our best male athletes and strongest wrestlers, she appears as though from nowhere to avenge an injustice or right a wrong! As lovely as Aphrodite — as wise as Athena — with the speed of Mercury and the strength of Hercules — she is known only as Wonder Woman, but who she is, or whence she came, nobody knows!

William Moulton Marston (1893–1947) American psychologist, writer [pen name Charles Moulton]
“Introducing Wonder Woman,” All Star Comics #8 (25 Oct 1941) [with artist Harry G. Peter]

First appearance of the comic book character Wonder Woman.

Wollstonecraft, Mary -- A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, ch. 4 (1792)

Dave — Tue, 10 Jan 2023 22:43:34 +0000

“Educate women like men,” says Rousseau, “and the more they resemble our sex the less power will they have over us.” This is the very point I aim at. I do not wish them to have power over men; but over themselves.

Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797) English social philosopher, feminist, writer
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, ch. 4 (1792)
(Source)

Usually elided to "I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves."

Friedan, Betty -- The Feminine Mystique, Epilogue (1974 ed.)

Dave — Thu, 10 Mar 2022 20:56:10 +0000

Men weren’t really the enemy — they were fellow victims suffering from an outmoded masculine mystique that made them feel unnecessarily inadequate when there were no bears to kill.

Betty Friedan (1921–2006) American writer, feminist, activist
The Feminine Mystique, Epilogue (1974 ed.)
(Source)

Sometimes paraphrased: "Man is not the enemy here, but the fellow victim."

Macaulay, Rose -- “Some Problems of a Woman’s Life,” Good Housekeeping (Aug 1923)

Dave — Wed, 15 Sep 2021 18:23:08 +0000

A tradition has now for long been established that cooking and cleaning are woman’s work. As these occupations are among the most tiresome which humanity has to endure, this tradition is very unfortunate for women. But there it is; and the problem is how to get what is needful done as rapidly as possible, so that one can go and do something else, more lucrative, interesting, or amusing.
The general rule is that there must be something to eat at stated intervals, and the house or the flat must be about as clean as the houses and flats of one’s acquaintances. It sounds simple, but actually to secure both these results will often be found to take the entire time. All the time that there is. And that is so tragically little. None left over for reading, writing, walking, sitting in woods, playing games, making love, merely existing without effort. And ever at your back you hear Time’s winged chariot hurrying near … and so the grave yawns, and at the end you will be able to say, not “I have warmed both hands before the fire of life,” but “I have kept house.”
The only solution of this problem which I can suggest — and I almost hesitate to do in these pages — is, Do not keep house. Let the house, or flat, go unkept. Let it go to the devil, and see what happens when it has gone there. At the worst, a house unkempt cannot be so distressing as a life unlived.

Rose Macaulay (1881–1958) English writer
“Some Problems of a Woman’s Life,” Good Housekeeping (Aug 1923)
(Source)

Pinker, Steven -- The Blank Slate, Part 5, ch. 18 (2002)

Dave — Wed, 30 Jun 2021 15:32:42 +0000

There is, in fact, no incompatibility between the principles of feminism and the possibility that men and women are not psychologically identical. To repeat: equality is not the empirical claim that all groups of humans are interchangeable; it is the moral principle that individuals should not be judged or constrained by the average properties of their group. In the case of gender, the barely defeated Equal Rights Amendment put it succinctly: “Equality of Rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state on account of sex.” If we recognize this principle, no one has to spin myths about the indistinguishability of the sexes to justify equality. Nor should anyone invoke sex differences to justify discriminatory policies or to hector women into doing what they don’t want to do.

Steven Pinker (b. 1954) Canadian-American cognitive psychologist, linguist, author
The Blank Slate, Part 5, ch. 18 (2002)
(Source)

West, Rebecca -- “Mr. Chesterton in Hysterics,” The Clarion (14 Nov 1913)

Dave — Mon, 22 Feb 2021 14:07:51 +0000

I myself have never been able to find out what feminism is; I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute.

Rebecca West (1892–1983) British author, journalist, literary critic, travel writer [pseud. for Cicily Isabel Fairfield]
“Mr. Chesterton in Hysterics,” The Clarion (14 Nov 1913)
(Source)

Mannes, Marya -- Out of My Time (1971)

Dave — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 16:53:49 +0000

A critical, strong speech made by a man is “blunt” or “outspoken” or “pulls no punches.” A speech of similar force and candor made by a woman is “waspish,” “sarcastic,” or “cutting.” A man of strong opinions is defined as having “deep convictions.” A woman so constituted is merely “opinionated,” and always “aggressive.”

Marya Mannes (1904–1990) American author and critic [pen name "Sec"]
Out of My Time (1971)
(Source)

Shear, Marie -- “Media Watch: Celebrating Women’s Words,” New Directions for Women (May/Jun 1986)

Dave — Thu, 14 May 2020 21:12:10 +0000

Lesbian: Any uppity woman, regardless of sexual preference. If they don’t call you a lesbian, you’re probably not accomplishing anything.

Marie Shear (1940–2017) American writer and feminist activist
“Media Watch: Celebrating Women’s Words,” New Directions for Women (May/Jun 1986)
(Source)

Shear, Marie -- “Media Watch: Celebrating Women’s Words,” New Directions for Women (May/Jun 1986)

Dave — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 19:59:50 +0000

Feminism: The radical notion that women are people.

Marie Shear (1940–2017) American writer and feminist activist
“Media Watch: Celebrating Women’s Words,” New Directions for Women (May/Jun 1986)
(Source)

Often misattributed to Cheris Kramarae and Paula Treichler, A Feminist Dictionary (1985), which was the subject of Shear's review.

Wright, Fanny -- Views of Society and Manners in America, Letter 23, Mar. 1820 (1821)

Dave — Wed, 03 Oct 2018 00:57:54 +0000

Perhaps the condition of women affords, in all countries, the best criterion by which to judge the character of men.

Frances "Fanny" Wright (1795–1852) Scottish-American writer, lecturer, social reformer
Views of Society and Manners in America, Letter 23, Mar. 1820 (1821)
(Source)

Brown, Rita Mae -- Sudden Death (1983)

Dave — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 01:01:07 +0000

If the world were a logical place, men would ride side-saddle.

Rita Mae Brown (b. 1944) American author, playwright
Sudden Death (1983)

Stross, Charles -- The Annihilation Score, ch. 19 (2015)

Dave — Wed, 09 Aug 2017 00:21:55 +0000

The invisible man is a Wellsian supervillain, but the invisible women are all around us, anxious and unseen.

Charles "Charlie" Stross (b. 1964) British writer
The Annihilation Score, ch. 19 (2015)
(Source)

Kennedy, Florynce -- (Attributed)

Dave — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 04:16:26 +0000

People always ask if a woman can be a wife and mother and have a career at the same time. Why don’t they ask if she can be a hostess, chauffeur, cook, gardener, nurse, seamstress, social secretary, purchasing agent, baby machine, and courtesan — and a wife and a mother, too?

Florynce "Flo" Kennedy (1916–2000) American lawyer, feminist, civil rights activist
(Attributed)

Quoted in Gloria Steinem, "The Verbal Karate of Florynce R. Kennedy, Esq.," Ms. (Mar 1973).

Bronte, Charlotte -- Jane Eyre, ch. 12 [Jane] (1847)

Dave — Fri, 02 Jun 2017 21:22:35 +0000

Women are supposed to be very calm generally; but women feel just as men feel; they need exercise for their faculties and a field for their efforts as much as their brothers do; they suffer from too rigid a restraint, too absolute a stagnation, precisely as men would suffer; and it is narrow-minded in their more privileged fellow-creatures to say that they ought to confine themselves to making puddings and knitting stockings, to playing on the piano and embroidering bags. It is thoughtless to condemn them, or laugh at them, if they seek to do more or learn more than custom has pronounced necessary for their sex.

Charlotte Brontë (1816–1855) British novelist [pseud. Currer Bell]
Jane Eyre, ch. 12 [Jane] (1847)
(Source)

Kennedy, Florynce -- (Attributed)

Dave — Mon, 01 May 2017 22:38:49 +0000

There are very few jobs that actually require a penis or vagina. All other jobs should be open to everybody.

Florynce "Flo" Kennedy (1916–2000) American lawyer, feminist, civil rights activist
(Attributed)

Quoted in Ms. (Mar 1973). Also attributed to Gloria Steinem, though Steinem has attributed the quote to Kennedy.

Kennedy, Florynce -- Speech, Washington, DC (15 May 1971)

Dave — Mon, 24 Apr 2017 22:36:52 +0000

If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament.

Florynce "Flo" Kennedy (1916–2000) American lawyer, feminist, civil rights activist
Speech, Washington, DC (15 May 1971)

Quoted in Off Our Backs (24 Jun 1971). Gloria Steinem, who also used the phrase, later claimed it was said to her and Kennedy by an "old Irish woman taxi driver" in Boston, but she attributed it at other times to Kennedy herself. More info here.

La Follette, Suzanne -- Concerning Women (1926)

Dave — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 22:36:27 +0000

Nothing could be more grotesquely unjust than a code of morals, reinforced by laws, which relieves men from responsibility for irregular sexual acts, and for the same acts drives women to abortion, infanticide, prostitution, and self-destruction.

Suzanne La Follette (1893–1983) American journalist, author, feminist
Concerning Women (1926)
(Source)

Truth, Sojourner -- “Ain’t I A Woman?” speech, Women’s Convention, Akron, Ohio (1851)

Dave — Wed, 01 Mar 2017 18:14:10 +0000

That little man in black there, he says women can’t have as much rights as men, ’cause Jesus Christ wasn’t a woman! Where did your Christ come from? Where did your Christ come from? From God and a woman! Man had nothing to do with Him.

Sojourner Truth (1797–1883) American abolitionist, women's rights activist [b. Isabella Baumfree]
“Ain’t I A Woman?” speech, Women’s Convention, Akron, Ohio (1851)
(Source)

Howard, Robert E. -- Letter to Harold Preece (c. Dec 1928)

Dave — Tue, 31 May 2016 14:03:49 +0000

I could name all day, those women I deem great in Greece alone and the records would scarcely be complete. And what of Joan of Arc and Emma Goldman? Kate Richards O’Hare and Sarah Bernhardt? Katherine the Great and Elizabeth Barrett Browning? H.D. and Sara Teasdale? Isibella of Spain who pawned her gems that Columbus might sail, and Edna St. Vincent Millay? And that queen, Marie, I think her name was, of some small province — Hungary I believe — who fought Prussia and Russia so long and so bitterly. And Rome — oh, the list is endless there, also — most of them were glorified harlots but better be a glorified harlot than a drab and moral drone, such as the text books teach us woman should be. Woman have always been the inspiration of men, and just as there are thousands of unknown great ones among men, there have been countless women whose names have never been blazoned across the stars, but who have inspired men on to glory.

Robert E. Howard (1906–1936) American author
Letter to Harold Preece (c. Dec 1928)

Lorde, Audre -- “An Open Letter to Mary Daly” (6 May 1979)

Dave — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 14:59:46 +0000

The oppression of women knows no ethnic nor racial boundaries, true, but that does not mean it is identical within those boundaries.

Audre Lorde (1934–1992) American writer, feminist, civil rights activist
“An Open Letter to Mary Daly” (6 May 1979)
(Source)

Sanger, Margaret -- “The Morality of Birth Control,” speech, Park Theatre, New York (18 Nov 1921)

Dave — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 13:19:39 +0000

If we cannot trust woman with the knowledge of her own body, then I claim that two thousand years of Christian teaching has proved to be a failure.

Margaret Sanger (1879–1966) American birth control activist, sex educator, nurse
“The Morality of Birth Control,” speech, Park Theatre, New York (18 Nov 1921)
(Source)

Adams, Abigail -- Letter to John Adams (17 June 1782)

Dave — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 16:56:30 +0000

Patriotism in the female sex is the most disinterested of all virtues. Excluded from honors and from offices, we cannot attach ourselves to the State or Government from having held a place of eminence. Even in the freest countries our property is subject to the control and disposal of our partners, to whom the laws have given a sovereign authority. Deprived of a voice in legislation, obliged to submit to those laws which are imposed upon us, is it not sufficient to make us indifferent to the public welfare? Yet all history and every age exhibit instances of patriotic virtue in the female sex; which considering our situation equals the most heroic of yours.

Abigail Adams (1744–1818) American correspondent, First Lady (1797–1801)
Letter to John Adams (17 June 1782)

Roosevelt, Eleanor -- Column (1941-10), “If You Ask Me,” Ladies’ Home Journal, Vol. 58

Dave — Wed, 24 Jun 2015 13:10:49 +0000

Have you ever said to yourself, “If only I were a man”? Or are you quite content with being a woman?

No, I have never wanted to be a man. I have often wanted to be more effective as a woman, but I have never felt that trousers would do the trick!

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American politician, diplomat, activist; First Lady of the US (1933–45)
Column (1941-10), “If You Ask Me,” Ladies’ Home Journal, Vol. 58
(Source)

(Source (Alternate))

Adams, Abigail -- Letter to John Thaxter (15 Feb 1778)

Dave — Fri, 19 Jun 2015 13:21:41 +0000

It is really mortifying, sir, when a woman possessed of a common share of understanding considers the difference of education between the male and female sex, even in those families where education is attended to …. Nay, why should your sex wish for such a disparity in those whom they one day intend for companions and associates. Pardon me, sir, if I cannot help sometimes suspecting that this neglect arises in some measure from an ungenerous jealousy of rivals near the throne.

Abigail Adams (1744–1818) American correspondent, First Lady (1797–1801)
Letter to John Thaxter (15 Feb 1778)

Adams, Abigail -- Letter to John Adams (14 Aug 1776)

Dave — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 11:56:20 +0000

If you complain of neglect of Education in sons, what shall I say with regard to daughters, who every day experience the want of it?

Abigail Adams (1744–1818) American correspondent, First Lady (1797–1801)
Letter to John Adams (14 Aug 1776)

Adams, Abigail -- Letter (1776-03-31) to John Adams

Dave — Fri, 05 Jun 2015 20:39:31 +0000

That your Sex are Naturally Tyrannical is a Truth so thoroughly established as to admit of no dispute, but such of you as wish to be happy willingly give up the harsh title of Master for the more tender and endearing one of Friend. Why then, not put it out of the power of the vicious and the Lawless to use us with cruelty and indignity with impunity. Men of Sense in all Ages abhor those customs which treat us only as the vassals of your Sex. Regard us then as Beings placed by providence under your protection and in immitation of the Supreem Being make use of that power only for our happiness.

Abigail Adams (1744–1818) American correspondent, First Lady (1797–1801)
Letter (1776-03-31) to John Adams
(Source)

Sanger, Margaret -- “The Case for Birth Control” Physical Culture (Apr 1917)

Dave — Mon, 01 Jun 2015 12:18:17 +0000

No woman can call herself free who cannot choose the time to be a mother or not as she sees fit.

Margaret Sanger (1879–1966) American birth control activist, sex educator, nurse
“The Case for Birth Control” Physical Culture (Apr 1917)

Adams, Abigail -- Letter (1776-03-31) to John Adams

Dave — Fri, 22 May 2015 15:08:09 +0000

I long to hear that you have declared an independancy — and by the way in the new Code of Laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands. Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could. If perticuliar care and attention is not paid to the Laidies we are determined to foment a Rebelion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice, or Representation.

Abigail Adams (1744–1818) American correspondent, First Lady (1797–1801)
Letter (1776-03-31) to John Adams
(Source)

She continues here.

John Adams' response to her was more than a bit flippant, though he elsewhere had more serious thoughts about the role of women in civil authority.

Sayers, Dorothy -- “The Human-Not-Quite-Human,” Unpopular Opinions (1947)

Dave — Mon, 29 Sep 2014 13:25:06 +0000

Probably no man has ever troubled to imagine how strange his life would appear to himself if it were unrelentingly assessed in terms of his maleness; if everything he wore, said, or did had to be justified by reference to female approval; if he were compelled to regard himself, day in and day out, not as a member of society, but merely (salvâ reverentiâ) as a virile member of society.

Dorothy Sayers (1893–1957) English author, translator
“The Human-Not-Quite-Human,” Unpopular Opinions (1947)
(Source)

Reprinted in her Are Women Human? (1971).

Woolf, Virginia -- A Room of One’s Own, ch. 1 (1929)

Dave — Mon, 23 Jun 2014 12:44:31 +0000

A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.

Virginia Woolf (1882–1941) English modernist writer [b. Adeline Virginia Stephen]
A Room of One’s Own, ch. 1 (1929)

Butcher, Jim -- Storm Front (2000)

Dave — Tue, 03 Jun 2014 14:38:07 +0000

Maybe my values are outdated, but I come from an old school of thought. I think that men ought to treat women like something other than just shorter, weaker men with breasts. Try and convict me if I’m a bad person for thinking so. I enjoy treating a woman like a lady, opening doors for her, paying for shared meals, giving flowers — all that sort of thing.

Jim Butcher (b. 1971) American author
Storm Front (2000)

Buck, Pearl S. -- To My Daughters, with Love, ch. 15 “Men and Women” (1967)

Dave — Mon, 02 Dec 2013 14:13:14 +0000

To serve is beautiful, but only if it is done with joy and a whole heart and a free mind.

Pearl S. Buck (1892–1973) American writer
To My Daughters, with Love, ch. 15 “Men and Women” (1967)
(Source)

Johnson, Lyndon -- Speech (1962-06-05), Commencement, National Cathedral School for Girls, Washington, D.C.

Dave — Wed, 26 Jun 2013 20:27:17 +0000

We live amid falling taboos. In our crowded little hour of history we have seen how the prejudice of religion no longer can bar the way to the White House. Some of you may live to see the day when the prejudice of sex no longer places the Presidency beyond the reach of a greatly gifted American lady. Long before them, I hope you will see a woman member of the Supreme Court of the United States. In Congress and in our State Legislatures we need more women to bring their sensitive experience to the shaping of our decisions.

Lyndon B. Johnson (1908–1973) American politician, educator, US President (1963–69)
Speech (1962-06-05), Commencement, National Cathedral School for Girls, Washington, D.C.
(Source)

Speaking on the occasion of his daughter, Linda Bird Johnson, graduating. Entered into the Congressional Record on 6 June. (He would similarly speak there at the graduation of his other daughter, Luci Baines Johnson (1965-06-01)).

Roosevelt, Theodore -- Essay (1916-05), “The Parasite Woman: The Only Indispensable Citizen,” Metropolitan Magazine, Vol. 43, No. 6

Dave — Tue, 01 May 2012 13:23:00 +0000

Of all species of silliness the silliest is the assertion sometimes made that the woman whose primary lifework is taking care of her home and children is somehow a “parasite woman.” It is such a ridiculous in version of the truth that it ought not to be necessary even to allude to it.

Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer; US President (1901–09)
Essay (1916-05), “The Parasite Woman: The Only Indispensable Citizen,” Metropolitan Magazine, Vol. 43, No. 6
(Source)

Collected in his The Foes of Our Own Household, ch. 11 (1917).

Johnson, Lyndon -- Speech (1964-03-04), Eleanor Roosevelt Award to Anna Kross

Dave — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:33:03 +0000

I want to make a policy statement. I am unabashedly in favor of women.

Lyndon B. Johnson (1908–1973) American politician, educator, US President (1963–69)
Speech (1964-03-04), Eleanor Roosevelt Award to Anna Kross
(Source)

Preceding announcing his appointment of ten women to top administration posts. He further commented, after listing them:

This should, with the announcements that have preceded this one, and the ones that will follow this one, serve notice that this administration is not running a stag party.

Robertson, Pat -- Fund-raising letter to Christian Coalition members in Iowa (1992-07)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

The feminist agenda is not about equal rights for women. It is about a socialist, anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians.

Pat Robertson (1930–2023) American politician and televangelist
Fund-raising letter to Christian Coalition members in Iowa (1992-07)

The letter urged supporters to vote down Iowa's state Equal Rights Amendment (the referendum failed that November).

More discussion of this quotation:

Frequently misattributed to his speech at the 1992 GOP Presidential Convention.