Who Said What? Quotes from Famous Historical Women

“It’s not easy to be a pioneer — but oh is it fascinating.” - Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman to earn a medical degree in the US.

Every year in the US, Women’s History Month has a theme. This year, it’s “Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories.” The 2023 theme honors women who have been active in media and storytelling. 

Wow! That includes almost every single one of the women featured on our Uncle Goose Women Who Dared set!

The women we feature are especially gifted at crafting their messages and getting them out to the public. If they didn't do it themselves, they became legends for their deeds.

Storytelling is important. It's how we get to be know about these important women in the first place! 

Each of the blocks in the Women Who Dared set features a quote from a famous historical woman. Can you match the quote with the woman who said it?

Quiz yourself! Who said it? (Scroll to the end to get the answers! No peeking!)

1. “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”

A. Eleanor Roosevelt
B. Lillian Wald
C. Florence Nightingale

2. “Never wound a snake, kill it.”

A. Amelia Earhart
B. Flannery O’Connor
C. Harriet Tubman

3. “What cannot be said will be wept.”

A. Anne Frank
B. Joan of Arc
C. Sappho

4. “I praise loudly. I blame softly.”

A. Helen Keller
B. Catherine the Great
C. Harriet Beecher Stowe

5. “A ship in port is safe, but that’s not what ships are built for.”

A. Grace Hopper
B. Elizabeth I
C. Cleopatra

6. “I dwell in possibility.”

A. Emily Dickinson
B. Hattie McDaniel
C. Elizabeth Cady Stanton

7. “Everything I do is for my people.”

A. Hillary Rodham Clinton
B. Sacajawea
C. Qui Jin

8. “Truth is powerful and it prevails.”

A. Sojourner Truth
B. Mother Teresa
C. Susan B. Anthony

9. “You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.”

A. Indira Gandhi
B. Florence Nightingale
C. Clara Barton

10. “You can disagree without being disagreeable.”

A. Marie Curie
B. Annie Oakley
C. Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Enjoy learning about the women who tell our stories! You can find all the correct quotes of all the women mentioned in the above on the Women Who Dared Blocks.

Now, Keep scrolling to get the correct answers!

1. “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
A. Eleanor Roosevelt

2. “Never wound a snake, kill it.”
C. Harriet Tubman

3. “What cannot be said will be wept.”
C. Sappho

4. “I praise loudly. I blame softly.”
B. Catherine the Great

5. A ship in port is safe, but that’s not what ships are built for.”
A. Grace Hopper

6. “I dwell in possibility.”
A. Emily Dickinson

7. “Everything I do is for my people.”
B. Sacajawea

8. “Truth is powerful and it prevails.”
A. Sojourner Truth

9. “You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.”
A. Indira Ghandi

10. “You can disagree without being disagreeable.”
C. Ruth Bader Ginsburg

It’s fitting that women who tell our stories are featured on the Women Who Dared blocks. Each woman in history builds upon the work of another.