I have everything in the world that is necessary to happiness--good faith, good friends, and all the work I can possibly do.

- Anna Howard Shaw

God made a woman equal to a man, but He did not make a woman equal to a woman and a man. We usually try to do the work of a man and of a woman too; t…

- Anna Howard Shaw

When I hear that there are 5,000,000 working women in this country, I always take occasion to say that there are 18,000,000 but only 5,000,000 receiv…

- Anna Howard Shaw

Think of submitting our measure to the advice of politicians! I would as soon submit the subject of the equality of a goose to a fox.

- Anna Howard Shaw

I spoke at a woman's club in Philadelphia yesterday and a young lady said to me afterwards, "Well, that sounds very nice, but don't you think it is b…

- Anna Howard Shaw

Valentine's Day is a sham created by card companies to reinforce gender stereotypes. [..] I'll buy some cookies, but NOT for Valentine's Day. These c…

- Anna Howard Shaw

[When asked: "If women voted, would they not have to sit on juries?":] Many women would be glad of a chance to sit on anything. There are women who s…

- Anna Howard Shaw

I wake up every morning with a great desire to live joyfully.

- Anna Howard Shaw

But we are learning from the teaching and example of Jesus that life itself is a religion, that nothing is more sacred than a human being, that the e…

- Anna Howard Shaw