Power in this country is often like hemophilia; it passes through women and then men get it.
Gloria SteinemIt used to be said that this country was a child-centered one. Nothing could be further from the truth. Children have been our lowest priority, both in economic and emotional spending.
Gloria SteinemMost of us are living out the unlived lives of our mothers, because they were not able to become the unique people they were born to be.
Gloria SteinemHomemakers work longer and harder than any other class of worker in the United States for less pay, and are the most likely to be replaced by a younger worker.
Gloria SteinemIf we were going to address what involves the biggest number of women, reproductive freedom is a fundamental human right - like freedom of speech, the most basic right. Freedom from violence, since women worldwide are still like 70% at least of all victims of violence. Equality in the family, democracy in the family, since the family is the microcosm of everything else, so if you have inequality and violence in the family, it normalizes it in the street, for foreign policy, for every place else.
Gloria Steinem