“For women to be supplying the soldiery with banners, flannel shirts and other material comforts was, superficially, all of a piece with their ministrations to their menfolk at home. Such contributions to the war effort were socially acceptable because they could be seen as an extension into the military sphere of the traditional female virtues of charity, nurture and needlework. Yet in reality what the women were doing represented the thin end of a far more radical wedge. Consciously or not, these female patriots were staking out a civic role for themselves. And many of them relished it.” WarEndsHomeRealityEffortRolesVirtuePiecesMilitaryMaterialsComfortFemaleCharityTraditionalRadicalShirtsContributionSpheresAcceptablePatriotNurtureExtensionsCivicsBannerBritish HistoryWedgesFlannelsNeedlework Author:Linda Colley
“In the sex-war, thoughtlessness is a weapon of the male, vindictiveness of the female. Both are reciprocally generated, but a woman's desire for revenge outlasts all other emotion. Yet when every unkind word about women has been said, we have still to admit, with Byron, that they are nicer than men. They are more devoted, more unselfish and more emotionally sincere. When the long fuse of cruelty, deceit and revenge is set alight, it is male thoughtlessness which has fired it.” MenLongHas BeensSaidStillsWarDesireSexWomenEmotionWeaponsFemaleMalesRevengeCrueltyDeceitSincereDevotedUnkindUnselfishKind WordsFuseByronThoughtlessnessVindictivenessUnkind Words Author:Cyril Connolly
“Men's bodies are our women's works of art. Given to us power of control, we will never carelessly throw them in to fill up the gaps in human relationships made by international ambitions and greeds ... War will pass when intellectual culture and activity have made possible to the female an equal share in the governance of modern national life; it will probably not pass away much sooner; its extinction will not be delayed much longer.” MenHumansArtMadeWarBodyCultureGivenShareModernActivityEqualAmbitionIntellectualFemaleGreedInternationalWorks Of ArtGapsExtinctionGovernancePassing AwayHuman RelationsHuman RelationshipsDelayed Author:Olive Schreiner
“What Women's Lib might achieve if their 'consciousness raising' - or in plain English, brainwashing- campaign succeeds is a society whose members have identical roles but are perpetually at war with themselves; a society of males made neurotic by suppressed masculinity, of females made miserable by having masculine roles thrust upon them that contradict their feminine impulses.” IfsMadeWarMightConsciousnessRolesAchieveSucceedMembersFemaleMalesCampaignsMiserableImpulseFeminineMasculinityMasculineIdenticalNeuroticThrustBrainwashingPlain English Author:Arianna Huffington
“In Iraq, many of my female friends were architects and professionals with a lot of power during the 1980s while all the men were at war in Iran.” MenWarFemaleIraqIranArchitectFemale Friends Author:Zaha Hadid
“Tolkien was, I believe, writing about his experience in the First and Second World Wars, where he would have spent a lot of time without any female contact. He was part of the fellowship of men who went to war, and I think, really, that's what he's writing about.” ThinkingMenWorldWritingFirstsBelieveWarI BelieveFemaleContactWar Of The WorldsFellowshipSecond World War Author:Richard Armitage
“Behind a smoke screen of high-profile female appointees and soothing slogans, George W. Bush is waging war on women.” WarBehindsFemaleScreensSmokeSlogansProfileSoothingHigh ProfileWaging War Author:Molly Ivins
“President Clinton broke ground Saturday for the World War II memorial in Washington. He'll never have the military's full respect. However, after surviving ten female accusers, he's been made an honorary member of the Tailhook Association.” WorldMadeWarPresidentMilitaryTenMembersFemaleClintonBrokeWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiAssociationWorld War ISaturdaySurvivingMemorialEver AfterPresident ClintonAccusersHonorary Author:Argus Hamilton
“For a long time, way back in the ’30s and ’40s, there were fabulous female roles. Bette Davis and all those people had incredible, great roles. After World War II, something happened where it was not only "get out of the factories," but "get out of the movies." That's when women's roles started to really [change].” PeopleWorldWayLongWarRolesHappenedLong TimeFemaleIncrediblesWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiFactoriesWorld War IFabulousFemale RolesWomen's Roles Author:Geena Davis
“Whatever your gender, you can be a Star Wars fan. Of course I knew it from life before, but the core of enthusiastic female fans is a testimony to the non-gendered nature of the audience.” WarAudienceFemaleGenderTestimonyEnthusiastic Author:Cass Sunstein
“A female writer does definitely get more attention if she writes about male characters. It's true. It's considered somehow more literary, in the same way that it's more literary to write about supposedly male subjects, such as war. You're considered more seriously by the literary establishment.” WritingWarCharacterAttentionFemale Author:Lauren Groff
“'Feminist comedy,' practically an oxymoron, had a couple of good years after WWII. Chalk it up to the forced female autonomy that occurred during wartime, when Rosie the Riveter went to work in the factories, constructing the Allies' war machines while taking charge of the finances, the home, and the children.” YearsChildrenWarHomeComedyCoupleFemaleMachinesFeministFinanceAlliesFactoriesAutonomyWwiiWartimeOxymoronChalkRosieGood YearsTaking Charge Book:Somebody to Love?: A Rock-and-Roll Memoir Source: Somebody to Love?: A Rock-and-Roll Memoir
“The dog, who had sounded so ferocious in the winter distances, was a female German Shepherd. She was shivering. Her tail was between her legs. She had been borrowed that morning from a farmer. She had never been to war before. She had no idea what game was being played. Her name was Princess.” IdeasWarGamesNamesMorningDogFemaleDistanceWinterLegsNo IdeaFarmersPrincessTailsBorrowedShepherdsBeing PlayedGerman Shepherds Book:SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE Source: SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE
“The legacy of women's war work is our present post-industrial employment structure. It was the war that created the demand for a technologically advanced, de-skilled, low-paid, non-unionized female workforce and paved the way for making part-time work the norm for married women now. A generation later, it was the daughters of wartime women workers who completed their mothers' campaign for equal pay.” WayWarMotherPayGenerationsDemandEqualMarriedLowsDaughterFemalePaidStructureWorkersEqualityCampaignsEmploymentPostsLegacyNormWorkforcePart TimeWartimeEqual PayMarried Women Author:Linda Grant
“At all times, except when a monarch could enforce his will, war has been facilitated by the fact that vigorous males, confident of victory, enjoyed it, while their females admired them for their prowess.” Has BeensWarFactsVictoryFemaleMalesAll TimeEnjoyedVigorousGreat WarMonarchsProwess Book:In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays Source: In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays