Top 6 Quotes by Hilda Scott

What all women have in common is that they share most of the unpaid work of the world.

What all women have in common is that they share most of the unpaid work of the world.

Hilda Scott

Women, World, Common

Hilda Scott (1984). “Working your way to the bottom: the feminization of poverty”, Pandora Pr

The personal is not just political. It is also economic.

Hilda Scott

Political, Economics, Economic

Hilda Scott (1984). “Working your way to the bottom: the feminization of poverty”, Pandora Pr

At the demonstration of sixty feminists against the Miss America Pageant in 1968, when the women filled a trash can with bras, girdles, curlers and spike-heeled shoes, the bra-burning myth was launched by the media and, in spite of its inaccuracy and spiteful intent, put radical feminism on the map.

Hilda Scott

America, Media, Radical Feminism

Nothing a housewife does is of value in capitalist terms because it does not take place on the market and therefore does not contribute to the Gross National Product.

Hilda Scott

Doe, Housewife, Term

Hilda Scott (1984). “Working your way to the bottom: the feminization of poverty”, Pandora Pr

it is impossible to attack the problem of poverty in the industrialized or the developing world effectively unless the extent to which poverty is a women's problem is recognized.

Hilda Scott

Women, Poverty, World

Hilda Scott (1984). “Working your way to the bottom: the feminization of poverty”, Pandora Pr