No matter what is happening in life or in the world - war, natural disaster, poor health, pain, the death of loved ones - if existence is filled with art, music and literature, life will be fulfilling, a joy.

I joined NOW on an issue of pay.

During the 19th-century struggle for womens rights in America, many saw a competition between rights for black people and those for women.

After 'Roe v. Wade' - when the U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortion in 1973 - I thought the national conversation about abortion and birth control would be over. It was not.

We should cease thinking about men as the enemy of children and women.

No matter what is happening in life or in the world - war, natural disaster, poor health, pain, the death of loved ones - if existence is filled with art, music and literature, life will be fulfilling, a joy.

Education, doing homework, is the way to lift up girls. Around the world, where girls are educated, the economy and the standard of living rise.