Marianne von Werefkin (1860–1938) expressionist painter
written in her Journal, 1905
Quote of Werefkin's Journal, 1905; in Briefe an einen Unbekannten, ed. Clemens Weiler, Cologne: Verlag M. DuMont, 1960, p. 50
1895 - 1905
Source: Far from the Madding Crowd
Marianne von Werefkin (1860–1938) expressionist painter
written in her Journal, 1905
Quote of Werefkin's Journal, 1905; in Briefe an einen Unbekannten, ed. Clemens Weiler, Cologne: Verlag M. DuMont, 1960, p. 50
1895 - 1905
“I am aware, that I am a woman, and I enjoy being a woman.”
Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) American actress, model, and singer
“Do you not know I am a woman? when I think, I must speak.”
William Shakespeare As You Like It
Source: As You Like It
Anne Frank (1929–1945) victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary
Source: The Diary of a Young Girl
Suzan-Lori Parks (1963) American writer
On embodying every one of her characters in “Pulitzer Prize Winner Suzan-Lori Parks Questions ‘Woke-ness’ With Her Latest Off-Broadway Play” http://www.playbill.com/article/pulitzer-prize-winner-suzan-lori-parks-questions-woke-ness-with-her-latest-off-broadway-play in Playbill (2019 Mar 1)
Mary McCarthy (1912–1989) American writer
First published in Partisan Review (July-August 1941)
Source: The Company She Keeps (1942), Ch. 3 "The Man in the Brooks Brothers Shirt", p. 70.
“I am a Woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal Woman,
that's me.”
Maya Angelou (1928–2014) American author and poet
Buchi Emecheta (1944–2017) author
Source: Buchi Emecheta speaking on being a Nigerian woman https://www.zikoko.com/life/oldies/9-thought-provoking-quotes-from-the-literary-icon-buchi-emecheta/.
“I am not a woman, so I don’t have bad days.”
Vladimir Putin (1952) President of Russia, former Prime Minister
CNBC.com http://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/06/putin-i-am-not-a-woman-so-i-dont-have-bad-days.html (6 June 2017) <br class="br">2016 - 2018
