Feisty Women
Published on
March 8th, 2023
The 8th March each year marks International Women's Day. We hope you enjoy looking at this evocative selection of historical photographs from The Francis Frith Collection of female characters in past times, accompanied by inspiring quotes from strong women.
A woman is like a teabag – only in hot water do you realise how strong she is.
Nancy Reagan, First Lady of the USA 1981-1898
I’m not hard. I’m frightfully soft. But I will not be hounded.
Margaret Thatcher, born 1925, the first female Prime Minister of Great Britain
Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got.
Janis Joplin, 1943-1970, American singer and songwriter
Whatever women do, they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily this is not difficult.
Charlotte Whitton, 1896-1975, Canadian feminist and Mayor of Ottawa
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady of the USA 1933-1945
It doesn’t matter who you are, where you come from. The ability to triumph begins with you. Always.
Oprah Winfrey, born 1954, American TV host and author
The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it.
Roseanne Barr, born 1952, American actress
I’m the girl who lost her reputation and never missed it.
Mae West, 1893-1980, American actress and sex symbol
Well behaved women rarely make history.
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, born 1938, American feminist historian
If you can’t be a good example, then you’ll just have to be a horrible warning.
Catherine Aird, born 1930, author
Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.
Marie Curie, 1867-1934, chemist and pioneering physicist in the field of radioactivity
Ladies – disregard your limitations!
The singer K T Tunstall, born 1975, at the Brit Awards of 2006
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