Quotes about Working Women

[Kim Kardashian] is one of the hardest-working women I've been around ever. Votes: 4

In some instances, alimony has become akin to a social-welfare program provided by working women to their ex-husbands. Votes: 4

At work you worry over the family at home. At home you fret over work left undone. Behold the working woman's stress. Votes: 4

Only a fool would try to deprive working men and working women of their right to join the union of their choice. Votes: 4

Women in drudgery knew They must be one of four: Whores, artists, saints, and wives. There are composite lives that women always live Votes: 4

If it hadn't been for the rise of the working woman's wardrobe, I never would have found the time to sneak a kid in. Votes: 4

I'm a working woman of 80 trying to work out what the image I can project is. How I can do it with, you know, dignity. Votes: 4

Before feminism, work was largely defined as what men did or would do. Thus, a working woman was someone who labored outside the home for money, masculine-style. Votes: 4

I wanted to show the history and strength of all kinds of black women. Working women, country women, urban women, great women in the history of the United States, Votes: 4

Like Hillary Clinton before her, Mrs. Obama has always been a working woman. She is a lawyer turned hospital administrator turned political right hand. It is a unique resume. Votes: 4

My mother wanted me off her hands. She was a working woman. She designed clothes, and she was a celebrity collector. It's my mother's ambition to be a celebrity. Votes: 4

The perfect woman, you see [is] a working-woman; not an idler; not a fine lady; but one who [uses] her hands and her head and her heart for the good of others. Votes: 4

I wanted to pay homage to working women because they are the bridge that got us over.' My work is about the people who are assumed not to have a worldview. Votes: 4

It is only in revolutionary struggle against the capitalists of every country, and only in union with the working women and men of the whole world, that we will achieve a new and brighter future-the socialist brotherhood of the workers. Votes: 4

The Great Depression of the 1930s saw more American unmarried women working from nine to five, mostly in repetitive, boring, subordinate, dead-end jobs. But the number of working women doubled between 1870 and 1940. During World War II it doubled once again. Votes: 4

It's really unfair to working women in America who read celebrity news and think, 'Why can't I lose weight when I've had a baby?' Well, everyone you're reading about has money for a trainer and a chef. That doesn't make it realistic. Votes: 4

I mean, I - it's so funny, I am, you know, I am, you know, a working woman out in the world, but I still live with my parents half the time. I've been sort of taking this very long, stuttering period of moving out. Votes: 4

Women somehow get portrayed as one type. You're either a feminist or you're not. You're a working woman or you're not. I'm raising two girls, and I say to them, 'I need you to be strong and soft. You can be smart and beautiful... You can be all of these things.' Votes: 4

The issues facing working women and their families are closest to my heart. I decided to focus intently on the challenges military wives face because they juggle the same pressures as their nonmilitary peers, all while coping as single parents while their loved ones are overseas. I wanted to help make their voices heard. Votes: 4

We need to stop buying into the myth about gender equality. It isn't a reality yet. Today, women make up half of the U.S. workforce, but the average working woman earns only 77 percent of what the average working man makes. But unless women and men both say this is unacceptable, things will not change. Votes: 4

There's tens of millions of families with single mothers who are living at 100 to 200 percent below the poverty level and these are not women that are on welfare, these are working women. How different would there life be if they're making an extra 40 to 60 cents to the dollar. We can't do this to our kids anymore. Votes: 4

How deep is our desire to do better than our mothers--to bring daughters into adulthood strong and fierce yet loving and gentle, adventurous and competitive but still nurturing and friendly, sweet yet sharp. We know as working women that we can't quite have it all, but that hasn't stopped us from wanting it all for them. Votes: 4

I really love acting. I really do. I really just think of myself like a working woman. And I just go from set to set and work. You have to promote a movie; you have to work. People are going to have opinions and it's weirdly very easy to kind of block out the world because you have your own. Votes: 4

Women love working together. That's my experience anyway. Votes: 2

You always hear about how women working together will catfight. Votes: 2

I've been working on the lost history of technical women. Votes: 2

I'd love to see more women working as directors and producers. Votes: 2

We don't separate out men and women working together in corporations. Votes: 2

I was interested in working on a show that was driven by women. Votes: 2

I'm working for the women in the world, today; that's my essential issue. Votes: 2

Working women wore hats. It was the only way they would take you seriously. Votes: 2

Women want mediocre men, and men are working to be as mediocre as possible. Votes: 2

I think I've become the brand ambassador of arranged marriages, especially for working Indian women. Votes: 2

Working women, moms, students, they don't have a lot of time to spend on their faces. Votes: 2

Women are the real superheroes because they're not just working. They have a life and everything. Votes: 2

I think one reason I really like women and like working with women is because of my sisters. Votes: 2

You're not working with models, you're working with real women who have, like, anatomy. Models do not have anatomy. Votes: 2

Walmart's Global Women's Economic Empowerment Initiative is working to create opportunity and empower women and girls in markets around the world. Votes: 2

I am very much in favor of women's rights, being a woman myself, and I support intelligent, successful, independent working women. Votes: 2

I can say I love working with women. Film is a man's world, and I really appreciate the opportunity to collaborate with women, especially young women. Votes: 2

When the women's movement began, it was a middle-class phenomenon. Certainly, black women had other stuff to think about in the '60s besides a women's movement. Working-class women were slow to get into it. Votes: 2

We're going through the Olympics. We're watching women working as teams. We're watching men working as teams. We're watching all working as teams. We're proud of men and women getting medals. That's how the Navy should be working. Votes: 2

When you talk to women who were working as print journalists or in broadcasting in the '50s, and then you talk to women who were working in the late '60s, there's an enormous difference. There had already been a huge transition. Then, of course, you get well into the '70s and there were women with children working. Votes: 2

I'm happy to be working with all women. Votes: 0

Working women went through a time when they believed that. Votes: 0

Id love to see more women working as directors and producers. Votes: 0

I love working with women directors. They don't mind making you cute. Votes: 0

Women, even more than the working class, is the great unknown quantity of the race. Votes: 0

If fighting for working families is playing the women's card, you know what, deal me in. Votes: 0

I am particularly pleased to see that there are so many women working in documentary film. Votes: 0

I represent the small businesses, the women, and the families working so hard to rebuild our communities. Votes: 0

The women working at abortion clinics are really on the front lines and the true heroes of feminism. Votes: 0

All the women in Pakistan working for change, don't give up on your dreams, this is for you Votes: 0

We have women working in the foundries, stripped to the waist, if you please, because of the heat. Votes: 0

We created Calia to make it easier for me and all other women to work in working out Votes: 0

You're not working with models, you're working with real women who have, like, anatomy. Models do not have anatomy Votes: 0

Eve Ensler is a hero of mine. She's been working for the rights of women for a long time. Votes: 0

I've been here a long time working for women. These are long years and this is an unusual legislator. Votes: 0

I love what's going on these days with these powerful women who are really working to make a difference. Votes: 0

Men are vain; but they won't mind women working so long as they get smaller wages for the same job. Votes: 0

When I was a young lawyer, working women wore hats. It was the only way they would take you seriously. Votes: 0

I've always been comfortable working with women and I've had two happy marriages. Draw what conclusions you like from that. Votes: 0

If you look at total numbers in the working and middle class, men still on average make more than women. Votes: 0

There were many groups working for women's rights, but none of them dealt with the root cause of women's oppression-religion. Votes: 0

I am working for the time when unqualified blacks, browns and women join the unqualified men in running our government. Votes: 0

I've met women who have way better bodies in their 40s because they've been working on them for all these years. Votes: 0

Women work as much as men now, if not more. There's a resurgence of dads in the home and moms working." Votes: 0

Women work as much as men now, if not more. There's a resurgence of dads in the home and moms working. Votes: 0

There's a lot of women's organisations, but they're all working separately. If you get people together, as a collaborative voice, it's strong. Votes: 0

I think we need to be fighting for the working men and women of this country, not the moneyed New York interests. Votes: 0

I'm offended by the is-ought fallacy, which has been used to justify slavery, women not being allowed to vote, children working in factories. Votes: 0

My wife and daughters work. My campaign manager in 2005 was a working mother. I appointed 5 women to my senior staff as Attorney General. Votes: 0

When women work on reclaiming the lost part of themselves, they're also working on reclaiming the lost soul of the culture as well. Votes: 0

I can promise you that women working together - linked, informed and educated - can bring peace and prosperity to this forsaken planet. Votes: 0

I love working with women - I love women - and we need more women directors. We need more feminine sensibilities in movies. Votes: 0

I have had the opportunity to meet men and women working in the sex trade in my travels to Mexico's northern and southern borders. Votes: 0

It's funny - my wife is more jealous of my books than of other women because I'm always working and thinking about my books. Votes: 0

I spent years working in low-budget horror films. When you've done 'Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death,' you can handle anything! Votes: 0

Did I want to spend all my time working on a painting? No, I wanted to have fun, travel, meet women and live life. Votes: 0

I thought that one of the things women like to do is eat. So I started working on a game concept based on eating. Votes: 0

When I hear that there are 5,000,000 working women in this country, I always take occasion to say that there are 18,000,000 but only 5,000,000 receive their wages. Votes: 0

We have to expose Republicans for the frauds that they are when it comes to what they want to do for working men and women. Votes: 0

And whether it is equal pay, health care, Social Security, or family leave, this Congress has refused to address issues critical to hard-working American women. Votes: 0

Contrary to the macho culture of Mexico, both my grandmothers were very brave young widows. I was always very close to these hard-working, intelligent women. Votes: 0

I feel like I've been able to be my true self and discover what I can honestly bring to the table by working with other women. Votes: 0

Apparently, six women claim that Arnold Schwarzenegger groped them while working on his movies. Hats off to these women who admit they worked on Arnold's movies. Votes: 0

Hence, within the space of two generations there has been a complete revolution in the attitude of the trades-unions toward the women working in their trades. Votes: 0

We shouldn't be putting tariffs on anything. That hurts working men and women in US. What we should be doing is making our manufacturing more competitive. Votes: 0

When I started working on women's history about thirty years ago, the field did not exist. People didn't think that women had a history worth knowing. Votes: 0

I just think about how many women in their workplaces have been working to get a promotion, and they look around, and then this guy comes. Votes: 0

Men, as an organization, are getting more women than any other group working anywhere in the world. Wherever women are, we have men looking into it. Votes: 0

One of the reasons I like working with schools is to try to convince women that they can be scientists and that science can be fun. Votes: 0

And the success of the union movement, historically, has always been to benefit all working men and women - not just people who belong to the union. Votes: 0

The best leader does not ask people to serve him, but the common end. The best leader has not followers, but men and women working with him. Votes: 0

Reliable office staff come in the shape of mature married women working from 9.30 to 3.30 (inside school hours) during which they will do more than the 9-5ers. Votes: 0

I couldn't imagine working in a hospital where there's just death, everywhere. But for a lot of women, it was their only option. They couldn't get other jobs. Votes: 0

I'm really aware that in fiction, women are pretty much equal. There's a lot of very successful women novelists. Not so much [for women writers working] in film. Votes: 0

One of the mistakes women have made is to romanticize life in the rose-covered cottage and then, discovering their error, proceed to romanticize life in the working world. Votes: 0

To most middle-class feminists, as to most middle-class non-feminists, working-class women remain mysterious creatures to be "reached out to" in some abstract way. No connection. No solidarity. Votes: 0

The Woman's Party is made up of women of all races, creeds and nationalities who are united on the one program of working to raise the status of women. Votes: 0

I have been working in male-dominated industries most of my life. When I started my career in investment banking, I was one of two women in my analyst class. Votes: 0

I come from a family of working women, my mum went to work two weeks after I was born - my parents had no money, there was no choice. Votes: 0

What's so great about working with really funny women is that vanity comes second. Whatever makes it real and funny, they're going to go for, and it's just great. Votes: 0

The purpose of a tax cut is to leave more money where it belongs: in the hands of the working men and working women who earned it in the first place Votes: 0

No amount of preaching, exhortation, sympathy, benevolence, will render the condition of our working women what it should be, so long as the kitchen and needle are substantially their only resources. Votes: 0