Whenever one person stands up and says, “Wait a minute, this is wrong,” it helps other people do the same.

There's no greater gift than thinking that you had some impact on the world, for the better.

During the first suffragist wave in this nation, women were possessions, like a table or a chair. So violence toward them was quite condoned. The attitude has diminished, but it's still there.

[on sexual politics] The Golden Rule works for men as written, but for women it should go the other way around. We need to do unto ourselves as we do unto others.

I think that there is clearly an understanding that the women's market is an important market. It's still often perceived as separate when it's not.

Housewives are dependent creatures who are still children…parasites.

I want to say to you that there is life and dreams and surprises after 30-and 40, and 50, and 60, and 77! Believe me, life is one long surprise.