Hilda Scott quotes
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“The personal is not just political. It is also economic.”
-- Hilda ScottSource : Hilda Scott (1984). “Working your way to the bottom: the feminization of poverty”, Pandora Pr
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“At the demonstration of sixty feminists against the Miss America Pageant in 1968, when the women filled a trash can with bras, girdles, curlers and spike-heeled shoes, the bra-burning myth was launched by the media and, in spite of its inaccuracy and spiteful intent, put radical feminism on the map.”
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“Nothing a housewife does is of value in capitalist terms because it does not take place on the market and therefore does not contribute to the Gross National Product.”
-- Hilda ScottSource : Hilda Scott (1984). “Working your way to the bottom: the feminization of poverty”, Pandora Pr
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“it is impossible to attack the problem of poverty in the industrialized or the developing world effectively unless the extent to which poverty is a women's problem is recognized.”
-- Hilda ScottSource : Hilda Scott (1984). “Working your way to the bottom: the feminization of poverty”, Pandora Pr
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“The 'leisured' wife was a badge of achievement, the ornament to hard work and virtue for families on the way up.”
-- Hilda ScottSource : Hilda Scott (1984). “Working your way to the bottom: the feminization of poverty”, Pandora Pr
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“What all women have in common is that they share most of the unpaid work of the world.”
-- Hilda ScottSource : Hilda Scott (1984). “Working your way to the bottom: the feminization of poverty”, Pandora Pr
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“Anyone with a gun can go out and commit an act of terrorism, even without a political affiliation.”
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“Every man lives by exchanging.”
Source : Adam Smith (2016). “The Wealth of Nations: the Great Master”, p.31, VM eBooks
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“Wherever there is great property, there is great inequality.”
Source : Adam Smith (2016). “The Wealth of Nations”, Xist Publishing
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“Problems worthy of attacks, prove their worth by hitting back”
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“To balance Fortune by a just expense, Join with Economy, Magnificence.”