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Esther Peterson

“A leader moves ahead but not so fast that the others can't keep up.”
- Esther Peterson,
- in Judith Paterson, Be Somebody: A Biography of Marguerite Rawalt (1986)
“If a man fights his adversaries, he's called determined. If a woman does it, she's frustrated.”
- Esther Peterson

Esther Peterson, U.S. consumer advocate, women's rights activist

(1906 - 1997)

Full name: Esther Eggertsen Peterson.