Gloria Steinem
Gloria Steinem
Gloria Marie Steinemis an American feminist, journalist, and social and political activist, who became nationally recognized as a leader and a spokeswoman for the feminist movement in the late 1960s and early 1970s...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth25 March 1934
CountryUnited States of America
art might matter
The art of being helpful is behaving as if everything we do matters - because we never know which things might.
mean self violence
Violence is not inevitable. I mean, the only inevitable form of violence is the kind that we understand, the only legitimate (if there can ever be legitimate violence) and that's self-defense.
past equal
Women have always been an equal part of the past. We just havent been a part of history.
unique voice causes
When unique voices are united in a common cause, they make history.
girl boys views
Girls are taught to view their bodies as unending projects to work on, whereas boys from a young age, are taught to view their bodies as tools to master their environment
jobs children men
When you stand up for yourself and try to be autonomous and self-determining, you're called a lot of names that we all know and that are very common. You may lose your job. You may lose custody of your child. You may be blamed for the failure of your marriage even though it was the man who couldn't tolerate an equal relationship.
children believe years
By the year 2000 we will, I hope, raise our children to believe in human potential, not God.
race radical-feminism helping
In every century, there are a handful of writers who help the human race to evolve. Andrea is one of them.
believe writing
Writing keeps me from believing everything I read.
writing issues people
I would write about issues and people I met along the way, but not about the process and the life of being on the road.
writing pride accomplishment
For me, writing is the only thing that passes the three tests of metier: (1) when I'm doing it, I don't feel that I should be doing something else instead: (2) it produces a sense of accomplishment and, nce in a while, pride; and (3) it's frightening.
sleep way ifs
If women could sleep their way to the top, there'd be a lot more women at the top.
body demand individual
Each individual woman's body demands to be accepted on its own terms.
want fool essentials
So whatever you want to do, just do it...Making a damn fool of yourself is absolutely essential.