Top 193 Quotes by Gloria Steinem

About Gloria Steinem

These are some quotes by American author Gloria Steinem Activist, who was born on March 25, 1934.

I've yet to be on a campus where most women weren't worrying about some aspect of combining marriage, children, and a career. I've yet to find one where many men were worrying about the same thing.

I've yet to be on a campus where most women weren't worrying about some aspect of combining marriage, children, and a career. I've yet to find one where many men were worrying about the same thing.

Gloria Steinem

You can see the absence of women in governing bodies from Congress to state legislators, on corporate boards, in tenured positions in academia, and as forepeople in factories.

You can see the absence of women in governing bodies from Congress to state legislators, on corporate boards, in tenured positions in academia, and as forepeople in factories.

Gloria Steinem

The thing about aging is all your old lovers, pretty much if they were really friends, become your family. It's great. You have those terrible feelings of possessiveness and uncertainty go out the window. You have what you shared. You know you would help each other in times of trouble no matter what.

Gloria Steinem

Anger is energising. The opposite of anger is depression, which is anger turned inward.

Anger is energising. The opposite of anger is depression, which is anger turned inward.

Gloria Steinem

Women are liked better when they lose.

Women are liked better when they lose.

Gloria Steinem

A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space.

A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space.

Gloria Steinem

Because women of color were more likely to be in the paid labor force, they were more likely to recognize discrimination, so they were always leading the women's movement.

Because women of color were more likely to be in the paid labor force, they were more likely to recognize discrimination, so they were always leading the women's movement.

Gloria Steinem

Work is valued by the social value of the worker.

Work is valued by the social value of the worker.

Gloria Steinem

What happens at 50, more or less, you lose what you need to create another person, to sustain another person; you keep what you need to sustain yourself. And there's something wonderful about that.

What happens at 50, more or less, you lose what you need to create another person, to sustain another person; you keep what you need to sustain yourself. And there's something wonderful about that.

Gloria Steinem

The same way that racism is a white person's problem, violence against women is a men's problem.

The same way that racism is a white person's problem, violence against women is a men's problem.

Gloria Steinem

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