Florynce Kennedy Quotes

• If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament.

  Florynce Kennedy

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Women

• Don’t agonize. Organize.

  Florynce Kennedy

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Reform, Organize, Organization

• Everybody’s scared for their ass. There aren’t too many people ready to die for racism. They’ll kill for racism but they won’t die for racism.

  Florynce Kennedy

  Topics in Racism

  Tags in People, Scared

• You’ve got to rattle your cage door. You’ve got to let them know that you’re in there, and that you want out. Make noise. Cause trouble. You may not win right away, but you’ll sure have a lot more fun.

  Florynce Kennedy

  Topics in Dissent

  Tags in Trouble, Fun, Sure

• I think we should look forward to death more than we do. Of course everybody hates to go to bed or miss anything, but dying is really the only chance we’ll get to rest.

  Florynce Kennedy

  Topics in Death

  Tags in Think, Anything, Everybody

• I approve of anyone wearing what the establishment says you must not wear.

  Florynce Kennedy

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Approve, Establishment

• The question arises whether all lawyers are the same. This is like asking whether everything that gets into a sewer is garbage.

  Florynce Kennedy

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Everything, Question, Lawyers

• When a system of oppression has become institutionalized it is unnecessary for individuals to be oppressive.

  Florynce Kennedy

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in System, Oppression, Unnecessary

Florynce Kennedy (8)

Birth:	11th February, 1916
Death:	22nd December, 2000
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Activist, Feminist, Lawyer

About

Florynce Rae "Flo" Kennedy was born in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. She was an American lawyer, activist, civil rights advocate, lecturer, and feminist. In 1944 she began classes at Columbia University School of General Studies, majoring in pre-law and graduated in 1949. In the 1960s, she broadened her scope to include political involvement and battling oppression in a variety of arenas—racism, sexism, and homosexuality. In 1966, she created the Media Workshop, an organization charged with fighting racism and discrimination in the media. Kennedy's lecturing career may have started in 1967 after she attended an anti-Vietnam War rally in Montreal. She wrote several books include: Color me Flo and Sex Discrimination in Employment.

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