Had I been crested, not cloven, my Lords, you had not treated me thus.”
—Queen Elizabeth I (September 7, 1533–March 24, 1603)
This must be one of the earliest feminist statements. It refers to the fact that as a woman, she was not treated equally. One of my favorite cartoons is of a little boy and a little girl looking down into their underwear, and she says, “Oh, that explains the difference in our salaries.”