I won a really big fellowship to go straight on to get my Ph.D. And I went through agonies of indecision, and then I decided not to accept it. I just decided I didn't want to be an academic.
Betty FriedanYou can show more of the reality of yourself instead of hiding behind a mask for fear of revealing too much
Betty FriedanI have discovered that there is a crucial difference between society's image of old people and 'us' as we know and feel ourselves to be.
Betty FriedanNeither woman nor man lives by work, or love, alone ... The human self defines itself and grows through love and work: All psychology before and after Freud boils down to that.
Betty FriedanThere's no question that the black middle class has benefited greatly by the civil rights movement. But there is a large black underclass that does not have access to jobs. If there's no clear road to income and status except crime, we should expect social problems. You can't solve this problem without addressing the economic issues, and the same is true with gender.
Betty Friedan