Women had first to convince the world that they had souls and then that they had minds and then it came on to this matter of political entity and the end is not yet.

The greatest insult came at the marriage ceremony when the minister asked 'who giveth this woman,' and some brother, or father or other man, unblushingly said he did, as though it were entirely a commercial transaction between men.

Women are going to form a chain, a greater sisterhood than the world has ever known.

I am a believer in women, in their ability to do things and in their influence and power. Women set the standards for the world, and it is for us, women in Canada, to set the standards high.

It is often true that those who sit in the wings can see more than the players.

I want to leave something behind when I go; some small legacy of truth, some word that will shine in a dark place.

By nice women . . . you probably mean selfish women who have no more thought for the underprivileged, overworked women than a pussycat in a sunny window for the starving kitten in the street. Now in that sense I am not a nice woman, for I do care.