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American Woman Quotes
On identity, image, and everyday life.
These quotes explore what "American woman" means to different speakers, from meeting a future spouse to being sized by America's fashion industry.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
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- Nov 07, 2020
Practices such as arranged marriages and restrictions on girls attending school have deep roots, and changing them is a gradual process. Sometimes these problems seem very far away from us here in the United States. But let's remember that even into the 20th century, an American woman could not own property or vote in national elections.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The fact that I was going to be the first American woman to go into space carried huge expectations along with it.
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I fall into that nebulous, quote-unquote, normal American woman size that legions of fashion stylists detest. For the record, I'm a size 8 - this week, anyway. Many stylists hate that size because I think to them, it shows that I lack the discipline to be an ascetic; or the confident, sassy abandon to be a total fatty hedonist.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The American woman is more stylish than any other in the world. She understands the power of good style and has the confidence to feel comfortable.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The American woman is a charming creature. She is of a type most unusual and delightful... And their feet and ankles are the most perfect in the world.
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- Nov 07, 2020
To show the American woman herself off to best advantage - that has always been my aim and that is my real biography.
- French Women
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I like about the American woman is she usually has a lot of dynamism. In the U.S., women have a tendency to go forward, to be more exaggerated than in Europe. Many times the rough ideas come from the States, then they are refined in Europe. The American women and the French women are still the best-dressed.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hawaii's own Patsy Mink served as the first congresswoman of color and first Asian American woman in the House; she later sought the Democratic Party presidential nomination.
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- Nov 07, 2020