Charlotte Perkins Gilman

To swallow and follow, whether old doctrine or new propaganda, is a weakness still dominating the human mind.

Only as we live, think, feel, and work outside the home, do we become humanly developed, civilized, socialized.

There is no female mind. The brain is not an organ of sex. As well speak of a female liver.

In New York City, everyone is an exile, none more so than the Americans.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

What people don't understand about Sarah Palin is that she is a rancher's wife. From Alberta down to Texas I've known women like that: good common sense, bright and vilified by city people.