Famous quotations revised to be gender neutral
By: by Naz Marta Zamoyski
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Open Thought Software, Inc
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York?]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 119
ISBN-13: 9781500382926
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Quotations; Excerpts
Description: "Famous quotations and wise sayings are priceless gems in the treasure chest of wisdom and sage advice passed down throughout human history to benefit future generations. This book proudly revises famous quotations that were originally written using gender-biased language, or making gender role assumptions, to now use gender-neutral language. Gender equality starts with gender neutral language, because words do matter. Now everyone can feel that each quotation fully applies to them, without experiencing a poke in the eye from seeing gender-biased language. So I invite everyone to enjoy these timeless words of wisdom, now available for the first time in gender-neutral language. May they bring you much wisdom, inspiration and prosperity!"--Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 116).
Table of contents: title: Why the need for gender neutral language?; title: Timeline of quotations; title: Lao Tzu; title: Buddha; title: Confucius; title: Sun Tzu; title: Socrates; title: Plato; title: Aristotle; title: Chanakya; title: Horace; title: Leonardo da Vinci; title: Baruch Spinoza; title: John Locke; title: Voltaire; title: Immanuel Kant; title: Napoleon Bonaparte; title: Ralph Waldo Emerson; title: Abraham Lincoln; title: Charles Darwin; title: Henry David Thoreau; title: Emily Dickinson; title: Friedrich Nietzsche; title: Mark Twain; title: Oscar Wilde.