01of 08GEOFF PUGH/AFP via Getty Images"You draw your own box. You introduce yourself as who you are … You create the identity you want for yourself."—“I’m More Than an Other” essay forELLE UK

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GEOFF PUGH/AFP via Getty Images

Meghan Markle

“You draw your own box. You introduce yourself as who you are … You create the identity you want for yourself.”

—“I’m More Than an Other” essay forELLE UK

02of 08Meghan, Duchess of Sussex.Jeremy Selwyn - WPA Pool/Getty"You are complete with or without a partner. You are enough just as you are."—The Tig,her former lifestyle website

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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex.Jeremy Selwyn - WPA Pool/Getty

meghan markle duchess of sussex smile

“You are complete with or without a partner. You are enough just as you are.”

—The Tig,her former lifestyle website

03of 08Meghan Markle.Chris Jackson/Getty"You can be a woman who wants to look good and still stand up for the equality of women."—Create & Cultivate 2016 conference keynote speech

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Meghan Markle.Chris Jackson/Getty

Meghan Markle

“You can be a woman who wants to look good and still stand up for the equality of women.”

—Create & Cultivate 2016 conference keynote speech

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Meghan Markle celebrating the launch of her Smart Works collection in 2019.Mark Large - WPA Pool/Getty

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex

“We just need to be kinder to ourselves. If we treated ourselves the way we treated our best friend, can you imagine how much better off we would be?”

05of 08"There’s nothing threatening about a woman coming up to the same level, it’s our safety in numbers. Men are part of the conversation … my husband certainly is!"—International Women’s Day 2019

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Meghan Markle

“There’s nothing threatening about a woman coming up to the same level, it’s our safety in numbers. Men are part of the conversation … my husband certainly is!”

—International Women’s Day 2019

06of 08Meghan Markle.The Duchess of Sussex"I look at our son and what a beautiful example that he gets to grow up with a father who is so comfortable owning [feminism] as part of his own self-identification. That there’s no shame in being someone who advocates for fundamental human rights for everyone, which of course includes women."—In conversation with Gloria Steinem in 2020

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Meghan Markle.The Duchess of Sussex

Meghan Markle Appears at Girls Leadership Summit

“I look at our son and what a beautiful example that he gets to grow up with a father who is so comfortable owning [feminism] as part of his own self-identification. That there’s no shame in being someone who advocates for fundamental human rights for everyone, which of course includes women.”

—In conversation with Gloria Steinem in 2020

07of 08Meghan Markle.Chris Jackson/Getty Images"On one personal note, may I just say that while I am here with my husband as a member of the royal family, I want you to know that for me, I am here as a mother, as a wife, as a woman, as a woman of color and as your sister. I am here with you, and I am here for you."—Visiting the Nyanga Township inCape Town, South Africa, in 2019

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Meghan Markle.Chris Jackson/Getty Images

Duke and Duchess of Sussex

“On one personal note, may I just say that while I am here with my husband as a member of the royal family, I want you to know that for me, I am here as a mother, as a wife, as a woman, as a woman of color and as your sister. I am here with you, and I am here for you.”

—Visiting the Nyanga Township inCape Town, South Africa, in 2019

08of 08Chris Jackson/Getty"It’s not just about girls going to school and becoming smart girls — it’s knowing that those smart girls become influential women, and that ends up changing the world for the better."—International Women’s Day 2019

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Chris Jackson/Getty

Meghan Markle

“It’s not just about girls going to school and becoming smart girls — it’s knowing that those smart girls become influential women, and that ends up changing the world for the better.”

source: people.com