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  2. 55 quotes that celebrate women's strength and contributions - AOL

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    Short strong women quotes. “Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness.”. ― Oprah Winfrey. “It took me quite a long time to develop a ...

  3. Get Inspired With the Greatest 125 Quotes for Strong Women - AOL

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    125 Inspirational Quotes for Strong Women. Canva/Parade. 1. "Ignore the glass ceiling and do your work. If you’re focusing on the glass ceiling, focusing on what you don’t have, focusing on ...

  4. Women in the workforce - Wikipedia

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    Although men spend more time in paid work, women still spend more time, in general, doing both paid and unpaid work. The numbers are 482.5 minutes per day for women and 454.4 minutes per day for men. [70] These statistics show us that there is a double burden for women.

  5. Mary Wollstonecraft - Wikipedia

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    Mary Wollstonecraft (/ ˈ w ʊ l s t ən k r æ f t /, also UK: /-k r ɑː f t /; [1] 27 April 1759 – 10 September 1797) was a British writer, philosopher, and advocate of women's rights. [2] [3] Until the late 20th century, Wollstonecraft's life, which encompassed several unconventional (at the time) personal relationships, received more attention than her writing.

  6. The most powerful words of wisdom from women leaders in 2023

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    In 2023, women ran all major U.S. news networks and started to take over telecoms. Women in higher education and venture capital navigated the fallout of new attacks on diversity and inclusion ...

  7. Women-are-wonderful effect - Wikipedia

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    Women-are-wonderful effect. The women-are-wonderful effect is the phenomenon found in psychological and sociological research which suggests that people associate more positive attributes with women when compared to men. This bias reflects an emotional bias toward women as a general case. The phrase was coined by Alice Eagly and Antonio ...

  8. Strong female character - Wikipedia

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    The strong female character is a stock character, the opposite of the damsel in distress. In the first half of the 20th century, the rise of mainstream feminism and the increased use of the concept in the later 20th century have reduced the concept to a standard item of pop culture fiction. This narrative cliche is separate and distinct from ...

  9. Women in the Victorian era - Wikipedia

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    Women could not expect to be paid the same wage as a man for the same work, despite the fact that women were as likely as men to be married and supporting children. In 1906, the government found that the average weekly factory wage for a woman ranged from 11s 3d to 18s 8d, whereas a man's average weekly wage was around 25s 9d. [ 37 ]