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
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I'm not sure that it's up to me to sum up what I've done with it in the past. I'm not sure there's a way of knowing what we have done that is useful or important.
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Gratitude never radicalized anybody. I don't care if they recognize the past, I just want them to get angry about the present and keep going.
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Proust's tea cake has nothing on one hour in a college dorm.
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When the past dies, there is mourning, but when the future dies our imaginations are compelled to carry it on.
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Women have always been an equal part of the past. We just havent been a part of history.
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There were never that many women stand-up comics in the past because the power to make people laugh is also a power that gets people upset.
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Clinging to the past is the problem. Embracing change is the answer.
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It's important not to stigmatize the word Republican, because the great tragedy is an extremist group has taken over one of our great parties.
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Do women compete for the favours of men? Yes. They've spent 5,000 years competing.
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Men should think twice before making widowhood women's only path to power
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One thing is sure. Women and girls will have their first vision of a female network anchor who is an authority on her own. Since we learn by example, there's no telling where that iconic image may lead.
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That is almost impossible to do -- to prove that a pregnancy would literally cause you to lose your life.
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In a general way, anything that affects men is taken more seriously than anything that affects only women.
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I started out life as a writer, and writers write in part because they don't want to talk.