Half the sky explained

"Women hold up half the sky" is a famous quote by former Chinese Communist Party chairman Mao Zedong.

Half the sky or Women Hold Up Half the Sky may refer to:

• Half the Sky, a 2009 book by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
• Half the Sky movement, inspired by the Kristof–WuDunn book
• Half the Sky Feminist Theatre, a Canadian theatre group
• Women Hold Up Half the Sky, a 1978 artwork by Australian artist Ann Newmarch
• Women Hold Up Half the Sky a 1991 book of African feminist theology published by Cluster Publications
• Women Hold Up Half the Sky, a 2012 Exhibition at the South African History Archive
• Women Hold Up Half the Sky (album), a 1986 album by Ruby Turner
• Women Hold Up Half the Sky (exhibition), 1995 exhibition and book at the National Gallery of Australia
• Women hold up half the sky: The orientation of art in the post-war Pacific, a 1996 exhibition and book at the Monash University Gallery
• Woman (John Lennon song), Lennon starts the song off reciting Mao's quote.

See also

• , a 1975 American documentary film