No one can give us power. If we arenโt part of the process of taking it, we wonโt be strong enough to use it.
Gloria SteinemElephants are so wise and so funny and so endangered and so intelligent. I just think there is a lot to learn from them.
Gloria SteinemFor a man to say, "I have to leave work now because I need to do something with my kids," it's sometimes viewed as a career killer. He doesn't have the right drive. So when they depart from their gender roles, they face some of the same restrictions.
Gloria SteinemPerhaps well-to-do women and unemployed ghetto teenagers have something in common. Neither group has been allowed to develop the self-confidence that comes from knowing you can support yourselves.
Gloria Steinem