Famous quotes containing the words american women, african american, african, american and/or women:
“The greatest public health threat for many American women is the men they live with.”
—Anna Quindlen (b. 1952)
“... the Black woman in America can justly be described as a “slave of a slave.””
—Frances Beale, African American feminist and civil rights activist. The Black Woman, ch. 14 (1970)
“If your buttocks burn, you know you have done wrong.”
—White South African proverb.
“The largest business in American handled by a woman is the Money Order Department of the Pittsburgh Post-office; Mary Steel has it in charge.”
—Lydia Hoyt Farmer (1842–1903)
“The fickleness of the women I love is only equalled by the infernal constancy of the women who love me.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)