Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don't feel I should be doing something else.
Gloria SteinemWe need to stop raising boys to think that they need to prove their masculinity by being controlling or by not showing emotion or by not being little girls.
Gloria SteinemPower can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself.
Gloria SteinemMany ideas have been transformed by adding one crucial adjective-women's bank, women's music, women's studies, women's caucus. That adjective did more than change a phrase. It implied a lot of new content: child care, flexible work hours, new standards of creditworthiness, new symbolism, new lyrics.
Gloria Steinem