[Feminist:] One who believes in the liberation of that which has been suppressed as female in a man.

The problem that has no name-which is simply the fact that American women are kept from growing to their full human capacities-is taking a far greater toll on the physical and mental health of our country than any known disease.

Aging is not 'lost youth,' but a new stage of opportunity and strength. It's a different stage of life, and if you are going to pretend it's youth, you are going to miss it. You are going to miss the surprises, the possibilities, and the evolution that we are just beginning to know about because there are no role models, no guideposts, and no signs.

We can no longer ignore that voice within women that says: 'I want something more than my husband and my children and my home.'

I wouldn't be satisfied with a life lived solely on the barricades. I reserve my right to be frivolous.

We need a new political movement of women and men toward a new society.

I didn't want to be in a situation where I was broader than the boys, which I was, in the academic world.