Muriel Humphrey

“The Equal Rights Amendment is a declaration of principle, a statement of intent, and a symbol of this country’s commitment to equality.”

“For too long, the women of America have been second-class citizens. We have been denied equal opportunity in education, in employment, and in the law.”

“It isn't a matter of what you are, but what you do.”

“I've not been a politician, but I've been a politician's wife, and there's a lot of difference.”

“The past is prologue, and so it is with my life.”

“What you can do is often a matter of what you will do.”

“I have some experience with the institution of the Senate. I have been a Senate wife for 21 years... I know something of the pressures and the demands, the frustrations, and the satisfactions of being a Senator.”