Whatever is dirty, it is women's job to clean up, ... -Agnes Macphail

Whatever is dirty, it is women's job to clean up, or drive some man to clean up, and that goes for everything from cellar to senate.

Agnes Macphail , Politician
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Agnes Macphail was a Canadian politician and social reformer. She was the first woman to be elected to the House of Commons of Canada and was a prominent advocate for women's rights and social equality. Macphail's contributions to Canadian politics and her trailblazing role as a female politician have made her an important figure in Canadian history.

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I do not want to be the angel of any home: I want for myself what I want for other women, absolute equality. After that is secured, then men and women...
I want for myself what I want for other women, absolute equality....
It is a fact that all women contribute more to marriage than men; for the most part they have to change their place of living, their method of work, a...
Do not rely completely on any other human being, however dear. We meet all life's greatest tests alone....
When I first came to the House of Commons and walked out into the lobby, men sprang to their feet. I asked them to sit down since I'd come to walk aro...
Never apologize. Never explain. Just get the thing done, and let them howl....
I owed it to my father that I was elected to Parliament in the first place, but I owed it to my mother that I stuck it out once I got there....
If the preservation of the home means the enslavement of women, economically or morally, then we had better break it....
Whatever is dirty, it is women's job to clean up, or drive some man to clean up, and that goes for everything from cellar to senate....
If they are willing to give women economic freedom in that home, if they are willing to live by the standard they wish women to live by, then homes wi...

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If you want to shine like a sun, first burn like a sun....
To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal....
Excellence is a continuous process and not an accident....
To become 'unique,' the challenge is to fight the hardest battle which anyone can imagine until you reach your destination....
One of the very important characteristics of a student is to question. Let the students ask questions....
Almost half of the population of the world lives in rural regions and mostly in a state of poverty. Such inequalities in human development have been o...
No sanction can stand against ignited minds....
As a child of God, I am greater than anything that can happen to me....
Building capacity dissolves differences. It irons out inequalities....
Nations consist of people. And with their effort, a nation can accomplish all it could ever want....