--- title: International Women's Day Quotes: Inspiring Words description: From six women who knew a thing or two about organizing canonical: https://time.com/4695057/international-womens-day-quotes-2017/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-08T17:13:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:05:06.544Z og:title: 6 Inspiring Quotes to Celebrate International Women's Day og:description: From women who knew a thing or two about striking og:url: https://time.com/4695057/international-womens-day-quotes-2017/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8dcb621220bd0a49/6988bd8f8e060184b74697ce/womens-strike.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5011 og:image:height: 2819 og:image:alt: Women's Strike For Peace-And Equality og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 6 Inspiring Quotes to Celebrate International Women's Day twitter:description: From women who knew a thing or two about striking twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8dcb621220bd0a49/6988bd8f8e060184b74697ce/womens-strike.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 6 Inspiring Quotes to Celebrate International Women's Day > Sponsored content. 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The New York Historical Society—Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Mar 8, 2017 5:13 PM UTC [Strikes ](http://motto.time.com/4695030/international-womens-day-womens-march-strike/)take many forms, from the hunger strikes of suffragists like Alice Paul to specific industry strikes, like the one of black cotton pickers led by Fannie Lou Hamer in [1965](https://www.nwhm.org/education-resources/biography/biographies/fannie-lou-hamer/). In honor of [International Women’s Day ](http://time.com/4694755/international-womens-day-2017-world/)and the [Women’s Strike](http://motto.time.com/4693472/organizers-womens-strike-a-day-without-woman/), here are six quotes from women who knew a thing or two about striking: --- > “” --- --- > “” --- --- > “” --- --- > “” --- --- > “” --- --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4695057/international-womens-day-quotes-2017/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4695057/international-womens-day-quotes-2017/"},"headline":"6 Inspiring Quotes to Celebrate International Women's Day","datePublished":"2017-03-08T17:13:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:05:06.544Z","description":"From women who knew a thing or two about striking","url":"https://time.com/4695057/international-womens-day-quotes-2017/","keywords":["motto","feminism","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8dcb621220bd0a49/6988bd8f8e060184b74697ce/womens-strike.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8dcb621220bd0a49/6988bd8f8e060184b74697ce/womens-strike.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Women's Strike For Peace-And Equality","caption":"Women's Strike For Peace-And Equality","creditText":"The New York Historical Society—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4695057/international-womens-day-quotes-2017/","name":"6 Inspiring Quotes to Celebrate International Women's Day"}}]}] ```