Happy or unhappy, families are all mysterious. We have only to imagine how differently we would be described - and will be, after our deaths - by each of the family members who believe they know us.

Quote by Gloria Steinem

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For the reader who has put away comic books, but isn't yet ready for editorials...

For the reader who has put away comic books, but isn't yet ready for editorials...

The family is the basic cell of government: it is where we are trained to...

The family is the basic cell of government: it is where we are trained to...

Someone asked me why women don't gamble as much as men do, and I gave...

Someone asked me why women don't gamble as much as men do, and I gave...

For women... bras, panties, bathing suits, and other stereotypical gear are visual reminders of a...

For women... bras, panties, bathing suits, and other stereotypical gear are visual reminders of a...

No man can call himself liberal, or radical, or even a conservative advocate of fair...

No man can call himself liberal, or radical, or even a conservative advocate of fair...

We can tell our values by looking at our checkbook stubs.

We can tell our values by looking at our checkbook stubs.

A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space.

A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space.

By the year 2000 we will, I hope, raise our children to believe in human...

By the year 2000 we will, I hope, raise our children to believe in human...

Hope is a very unruly emotion.

Hope is a very unruly emotion.

The only thing I can't stand is discomfort.

The only thing I can't stand is discomfort.

The first resistance to social change is to say it's not necessary.

The first resistance to social change is to say it's not necessary.

Most women are one man away from welfare.

Most women are one man away from welfare.

In my own mind, I am still a fat brunette from Toledo, and I always...

In my own mind, I am still a fat brunette from Toledo, and I always...

America is an enormous frosted cupcake in the middle of millions of starving people.

America is an enormous frosted cupcake in the middle of millions of starving people.

If you say, I'm for equal pay, that's a reform. But if you say. I'm...

If you say, I'm for equal pay, that's a reform. But if you say. I'm...

Childbirth is more admirable than conquest, more amazing than self-defense, and as courageous as either...

Childbirth is more admirable than conquest, more amazing than self-defense, and as courageous as either...

Any woman who chooses to behave like a full human being should be warned that...

Any woman who chooses to behave like a full human being should be warned that...

Work is valued by the social value of the worker.

Work is valued by the social value of the worker.

The future depends entirely on what each of us does every day; a movement is...

The future depends entirely on what each of us does every day; a movement is...

Unless we include a job as part of every citizen's right to autonomy and personal...

Unless we include a job as part of every citizen's right to autonomy and personal...