We do what we see and what we're told. If we haven't been raised in a family or in a community where women are treated as full human beings and men don't have to be superior anymore, we continue to think that it's not only natural but inevitable.

Homemakers 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.

I want us to organize, to tell the personal stories that create empathy, which is the most revolutionary emotion.

Prejudice marks a mental landmine.

I never expected to be even busier at 81, and doing more of what I love, than when I was 30.

The problem with Superwoman is that she has to do it all, inside the home and outside the home. If there is a man there doing half of it, that's a different world.

Most writers write to say something about other people - and it doesn't last. Good writers write to find out about themselves - and it lasts forever.