Affirmative action is the most important modern anti-discrimination technique ever instituted in the United States. It is the one tool that has had a demonstrable effect on discrimination. No one who knows anything about the subject would say it hasn't worked. It has certainly done something, or else it wouldn't have provoked so much opposition.
Eleanor Holmes NortonThe spread of feminism is the most spectacular, extraordinary phenomenon in the last twenty years, and I believe we will accomplish our goals in a million different ways.
Eleanor Holmes NortonOne ought to be against racism and sexism because they are wrong, not because one is black or one is female.
Eleanor Holmes NortonIt's difficult to beat making your living thinking and writing about subjects that matter to you.
Eleanor Holmes Norton