Author: Patricia Ireland

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We always knew when we took on the issue of violence against women that somehow our opposition would come after us.

We always knew when we took on the issue of violence against women that somehow our opposition would come after us.

- Patricia Ireland

Some campaigns are not worth waging if you can't win; others have to be fought on grounds of principle regardless of the chances for success.

Some campaigns are not worth waging if you can't win; others have to be fought on grounds of principle regardless of the chances for success.

- Patricia Ireland

I want to organize so that women see ourselves as people who are entitled to power, entitled to leadership.

I want to organize so that women see ourselves as people who are entitled to power, entitled to leadership.

- Patricia Ireland

Stewardesses are still paid so little that in many cases, new hires qualify for food stamps.

Stewardesses are still paid so little that in many cases, new hires qualify for food stamps.

- Patricia Ireland

I want to reach young women and to get them involved in the mission of the YWCA, economic empowerment of women and girls, and ending racism.

I want to reach young women and to get them involved in the mission of the YWCA, economic empowerment of women and girls, and ending racism.

- Patricia Ireland

Some of those men in power, we just have to change their faces because we're not going to change their minds.

Some of those men in power, we just have to change their faces because we're not going to change their minds.

- Patricia Ireland

Violence may be a good focus to organize around, but we have to look at women's lives in our entirety.

Violence may be a good focus to organize around, but we have to look at women's lives in our entirety.

- Patricia Ireland

And of course we are familiar with the English common law rule of thumb that said a man could in fact use a stick no bigger than his thumb to discipline his wife and family.

And of course we are familiar with the English common law rule of thumb that said a man could in fact use a stick no bigger than his thumb to discipline his wife and family.

- Patricia Ireland

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