Feminism began to dawn on my brain belatedly in life. Gloria Steinem beginbelatedlybrain Change image and share on social
Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning. Gloria Steinem dreamexcitementform Change image and share on social
In the suffragist and abolitionist era, there were a lot of white women and some black men and women who argued for the old hierarchy and against universal adult suffrage - often on religious grounds. Gloria Steinem abolitionistadultargue Change image and share on social
Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself. Gloria Steinem empowermentpowerprocess Change image and share on social
Most American children suffer too much mother and too little father. Gloria Steinem americanchildfather Change image and share on social
Republicans may learn they can't appeal to right-wing patriarchs and most women at the same time. Gloria Steinem appeallearnpatriarch Change image and share on social
There is nothing more fundamental than the idea that the government does not have a right to decide when and whether we have children. Gloria Steinem childdecidefundamental Change image and share on social
The Republican Party supported the Equal Rights Amendment before the Democratic Party did. But what happened was that a lot of very right-wing Democrats, after the civil rights bill of 1964, left the Democratic Party and gradually have taken over the Republican Party. Gloria Steinem amendmentbillcivil share on social
What we need to be able to do is count all human experience. So I would like to count the secretarial positions as good training places to take over the jobs of the bosses. Gloria Steinem bosscountexperience Change image and share on social
Any woman who chooses to behave like a full human being should be warned that the armies of the status quo will treat her as something of a dirty joke. That's their natural and first weapon. She will need her sisterhood. Gloria Steinem armybehavechoose share on social
