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18 Quotes From Women Who Have Made History

Imagine a world without these women.
Alanna Vagianos

Senior Gender Reporter, HuffPost

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For the month of March, HuffPost Women is honoring one historic woman each day on our Facebook page as part of our Women’s History Month campaign #WeMakeHerstory. Illustrator Kimothy Joy partnered with HuffPost to create one beautiful quote card a day to celebrate these groundbreaking women.

Here are 18 quotes from 18 history-making women. Follow HuffPost Women on Facebook to see the rest.

1
Maya Angelou; Poet, Civil Rights Activist
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2
Coretta Scott King; Author, Activist, Civil Rights Leader
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3
Linda Sarsour; Social Rights Advocate, Women’s March Co-Chair
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4
Frida Kahlo; Feminist Painter
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5
Sylvia Plath; Poet, Writer
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6
Shirley Chisholm; First Woman to Run for the Democratic Party's Presidential Nomination
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7
Hillary Clinton; Former Presidential Candidate, Secretary Of State
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Alicia Garza; Activist, Co-Founder of Black Lives Matter Movement
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9
Malala Yousafzai; Women's Education Activist, Nobel Prize Winner
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10
Cecile Richards; Pro-Abortion Rights Activist, Planned Parenthood President
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11
Eleanor Roosevelt; Former First Lady, Human Rights Advocate
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12
Harriet Tubman; Abolitionist
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13
Diane Nash; Civil Rights Activist
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14
Gloria Steinem; Feminist, Journalist, Civil Rights Activist
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15
Ilyse Hogue; NARAL Pro-Choice President
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16
Susan B. Anthony; Suffragist
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Opal Tometi; Activist, Co-Founder of Black Lives Matter Movement
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Nora Ephron; Journalist, Novelist
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Alanna Vagianos - Senior Gender Reporter, HuffPost

Senior Gender Reporter, HuffPost