Agnes Smedley
Agnes Smedley

Now, being a girl, I was ashamed of my body and my lack of strength. So I tried to be a man. I shot, rode, jumped, and took part in all the fights of the boys.

Alex Morgan
Alex Morgan

It's an obstacle being a girl when you move all over and don't have half the things you need. It's like everything is wrinkled in your life.

Andrea Riseborough
Andrea Riseborough

I've always been so confused about being a girl. Not in a Bruce Jenner way, just... there's that expectation where you walk into a room, and it's like, Is it OK to be a woman?' Or, you know, you're looking for your keys in the back of a cab, and sometimes the driver can treat you like you've had a lobotomy.

Andreja Pejic
Andreja Pejic

I always dreamt of being a girl. One of my earliest memories is spinning around in my mom's skirt trying to look like a ballerina.

Ani DiFranco
Ani DiFranco

I basically get stereotyped a lot in terms of being a girl and writing 'chick' music for teenage girls or something. I think, if anything, the press kind of, because of my gender and my age, tends to kind of relegate my work to this sort of special-interest group. It's part of the cultural dynamic, I guess.

Charlotte Gainsbourg
Charlotte Gainsbourg

You think that being a girl is degrading, but secretly, you'd love to know what it's like, wouldn't you?

Cheryl Hines
Cheryl Hines

It's hard being a girl. There are a lot of body image issues that come up and I think the best thing we can do for our kids is lead by example.

Christina Grimmie
Christina Grimmie

Just being a girl coming from YouTube, I know what it's like to have a very humble, simple beginning. It would be kinda crazy for my fans if I made it huge in that way and became the next big thing. I wanna be able to do it for them and say, 'Look, this is what you've done for me.'

Courtney Act
Courtney Act

I like being a boy, but I also really like being a girl.

Cree Summer
Cree Summer

I don't know a single black girl who's carefree because it ain't easy being a girl of color, period. God, I wish we were carefree.