One of the sad commentaries on the way women are viewed in our society is that we have to fit one category. I have never felt that I had to be in one category.

My mother taught me a lot of things, but they had big presuppositions built in - like her expectation that I'd be a missionary nurse in a religious order.

I have never believed in the impossible.

Social change rarely comes about through the efforts of the disenfranchised. The middle class creates social revolutions.

A woman who places a high priority on performance and excellence is seen as imperial. A man is seen as demanding and tough.

One of the sad commentaries on the way women are viewed in our society is that we have to fit one category. I have never felt that I had to be in one category.

Men's reproduction isn't regulated by the state -- and it shouldn't be. Neither should women's.