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Patricia Ireland


American
October 19, 1945
Activist
I don't think you lead by pessimism and cynicism. I think you lead by optimism and enthusiasm and energy.
Patricia Ireland
Tags: You Think I Think
I want to organize so that women see ourselves as people who are entitled to power, entitled to leadership.
Patricia Ireland
In any grass-roots campaign, building an ongoing base of support is as important as winning the ultimate goal.
Patricia Ireland
We always knew when we took on the issue of violence against women that somehow our opposition would come after us.
Patricia Ireland
Tags: Women Always Our
I want to reach young women and to get them involved in the mission of the YWCA, economic empowerment of women and girls, and ending racism.
Patricia Ireland
Tags: Women Get Want
And of course we are familiar with the English common law rule of thumb that said a man could in fact use a stick no bigger than his thumb to discipline his wife and family.
Patricia Ireland
Tags: Family Than Could
I've talked to law enforcement officials at the state and local level who say that violence against women is going up. In any case, we think that it's an important issue whether it's going up or not. And we are determined to stop it.
Patricia Ireland
Tags: Women Think Who
When I started law school I was shocked to learn that our legal system traditionally had the man as the head and master of the family. As late as the '70s and '80s when we were fighting for the Equal Rights Amendment, states like Louisiana still had a head and master law.
Patricia Ireland
Tags: Family Legal Like
Some of us may just, in one-on-one conversations with our family, with our friends, over the back fence with our neighbors, talk about the reality of our lives and realize that we're not alone, that we have a right to be physically safe and emotionally safe in our own homes.
Patricia Ireland