“Feminine weaknesses and fainting spells are the direct result of our confining young girls to the house, bent over their needlework, and restrictive corsets.”
Susan Sarandon - Mrs. March

“- Connor: The rule of thumb here is...
- Rosengurtie: Wait, rule of thumb? In the early 1900s it was legal for men to beat their wives, as long as they used a stick no wider than their thumb.
- Connor: Can't do much damage with that then, can we? Perhaps it should have been a rule of wrist?”

Sean Patrick Flanery - Connor MacManus
Dot-Marie Jones - Rosengurtle Baumgartener

“- Basil Ransome: The position of women is nothing but to make fools of men.
- Olive Chancellor: Don't you believe in our emancipation?
- Basil Ransome: I'll tell you after the meeting.”
Christopher Reeve - Basil Ransome
Vanessa Redgrave - Olive Chancellor

“I hate that we are shoved aside. Dismissed. Nobody does anything. Nobody listens to us.”
Hadley Robinson - Vivian

“Vivian-If you keep your head down, he’ll move on and bother somebody else.
Lucy-Thanks for the advice, but I’m gonna keep my head up…high. ”
Alycia Pascual-Pena - Lucy
Hadley Robinson - Vivian