Unless we include a job as part of every citizen's right to autonomy and personal fulfillment, women will continue to be vulnerable to someone else's idea of what need is.

Quote by Gloria Steinem

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Democracy is Mob Rule with Income Taxes

Democracy is Mob Rule with Income Taxes

Logic is in the eye of the logician.

Logic is in the eye of the logician.

Work is valued by the social value of the worker.

Work is valued by the social value of the worker.

Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in...

Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in...

I've yet to be on a campus where most women weren't worrying about some aspect...

I've yet to be on a campus where most women weren't worrying about some aspect...

There are really not many jobs that actually require a penis or a vagina, and...

There are really not many jobs that actually require a penis or a vagina, and...

If women have young children, they are one man away from welfare.

If women have young children, they are one man away from welfare.

Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry.

Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry.

We've begun to raise daughters more like sons... but few have the courage to raise...

We've begun to raise daughters more like sons... but few have the courage to raise...

For much of the female half of the world, food is the first signal of...

For much of the female half of the world, food is the first signal of...

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...

A movement is only composed of people moving. To feel its warmth and motion around...

A movement is only composed of people moving. To feel its warmth and motion around...

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...

Clearly no one knows what leadership has gone undiscovered in women of all races, and...

Clearly no one knows what leadership has gone undiscovered in women of all races, and...

Hope is a very unruly emotion.

Hope is a very unruly emotion.

We need to remember across generations that there is as much to learn as there...

We need to remember across generations that there is as much to learn as there...

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

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

The only thing I can't stand is discomfort.

The only thing I can't stand is discomfort.

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...

A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.

A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.