I wasn't even in a newspaper office where I was getting assignments in competition with other people. I remember earlier, though, that I knew a young woman who had been published in the New Yorker, and I was so jealous of her. It wasn't exactly a personal competition. I just envied that accomplishment.
Gloria SteinemAt my age, in this still hierarchical time, people often ask me if Iโm โpassing the torch.โ I explain that Iโm keeping my torch, thank you very much-and Iโm using it to light the torches of others.
Gloria SteinemBecause I have work to care about, it is possible that I may be less difficult to get along with than other women when the double chins start to form.
Gloria SteinemAny insistence on equal pay is crucial and any redefinition of work to include caregiving work so that it also has an economic value, at least at replacement level, that's crucial. So change does come from the bottom up, and it will come from girls and women and men who understand that for us all to be human beings instead of being grouped by gender is good for them, too.
Gloria Steinem