Letty Cottin Pogrebin
Letty Cottin Pogrebin
Loretta "Letty" Cottin Pogrebinis an American author, journalist, lecturer, and social activist. She earned a bachelor's degree from Brandeis University in English and American literature, and worked for the publishing company Bernard Geis Associates as their director of publicity and later their vice president. She also wrote a column for Ladies Home Journal called “The Working Woman," and was an editorial consultant for the TV special Free to Be... You and Mefor which she earned an Emmy...
perfection perfect expecting
Friendships aren't perfect and yet they are very precious. For me, not expecting perfection all in one place was a great release.
girl boys ideas
A toy has no gender and no idea of whether a girl or boy is playing with it.
teacher work kids
Like plowing, housework makes the ground ready for the germination of family life. The kids will not invite a teacher home if beer cans litter the living room. The family isn't likely to have breakfast together if somebody didn't remember to buy eggs, milk, or muffins. Housework maintains an orderly setting in which family life can flourish.
training democracy states
The politics of the family are the politics of a nation. Just as the authoritarian family is the authoritarian state in microcosm, the democratic family is the best training ground for life in a democracy.
mother son men
As the mother of a son, I do not accept that alienation from me is necessary for his discovery of himself. As a woman, I will not cooperate in demeaning womanly things so that he can be proud to be a man. I like to think the women in my son's future are counting on me.
struggle live-life passion
Over the years, I've found that I either live life or write about it. I can't seem to do both simultaneously - I have to do it sequentially. When I write incessantly, I lose touch with the issues and passions that fuel the work. But when I get too involved in organizations or movement endeavors, I almost forget that I'm a writer. It's a constant struggle to find a balance between these two worlds - the solitary writing life and the life of a social justice activist.
life self years
Why hope to live a long life if we're only going to fill it with self-absorption, body maintenance and image repair? When we die, do we want people to exclaim 'She looked ten years younger,' or do we want them to say 'She lived a great life'?
death children loss
If the Richter scale could measure human calamities, the loss of a child would register a ten.
friends sex smart
It's smart to be friends with one's sex partner but dumb to have sex with one's friends.
friendship illness prove
Illness is the proving ground of friendship.
marriage boards world
No labourer in the world is expected to work for room, board, and love -except the housewife.
sex children eye
Lifestyles and sex roles are passed from parents to children as inexorably as blue eyes or small feet.
mom daughter mother
We mothers are learning to mark our mothering success by our daughters' lengthening flight.
family quilts together
A family stitched together with love seldom unravels.