...I discovered that I could take a risk and survive. I could march in Philadelphia. I could go out in the street and be gay evenin a dress or a skir…

- Martha Shelley

A woman who doesn't care what men think of her - ah, this is dangerous. This is the worst conceivable insult to the male ego.

- Martha Shelley

I have met many feminists who were not Lesbians but I have never met a Lesbian who was not a feminist.

- Martha Shelley

...there was the annual Fourth of July picketing at Independence Hall in Philadelphia. ...I thought it was ridiculous to have to go there in a skirt.…

- Martha Shelley