Martha Griffiths

“If you have a group of men who are used to telling dirty jokes, and they are not used to having women around, you are going to have some dirty jokes.”

“This is a civil rights bill. It is not a bill for the people of one color or another. It is a bill for all the people.”

“We asked for equal pay for equal work, and we got the equal right to be fired.”

“If we do not do this, then I say to you, you are going to give to the women of this country a hollow victory.”

“They will not give it to you. You have to take it.”

“I charge that the opponents of this bill are trying to divide this country.”

“The only way to do anything is to be there when it's done.”

“Unless we do something about it, my daughters are going to be second-class citizens.”