“I raise up my voice – not so that I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard”
– Malala Yousafzai
“For most of history, Anonymous was a woman”
– Virginia Woolf
“There must be more equality established in society, or morality will never gain ground”
– Mary Wollstonecraft
“A woman with a voice is, by definition, a strong woman”
– Melinda Gates
“People always say that I didn’t give up my seat because I was tired … I was no more tired than I was at the end of a working day … the only tired I was, was tired of giving in”
– Rosa Parks
“Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women”
— Maya Angelou
“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will”
– Charlotte Bronte [in Jane Eyre]
“If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair”
– Shirley Chisholm, first black woman member of US Congress
“When girls are educated, their countries become stronger and more prosperous”
– Michelle Obama
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent”
– Eleanor Roosevelt
“If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman”
– Margaret Thatcher
“We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back”
— Malala Yousafzai
International Women’s Day, 8th March
BOURNEMOUTH Symphony Orchestra regularly includes music with a lighter touch in its programmes, alongside mainstream and more serious works. John Williams Blockbusters comes to Bristol Beacon on 27th March, Southampton’s Mayflower Theatre, on 29th March.