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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I'd like to be played as a child by Natalie Wood. I'd have some romantic...

I'd like to be played as a child by Natalie Wood. I'd have some romantic...

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...

A woman reading Playboy feels a little like a Jew reading a Nazi manual.

A woman reading Playboy feels a little like a Jew reading a Nazi manual.

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...

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...

Men should think twice before making widowhood women's only path to power

Men should think twice before making widowhood women's only path to power

If the shoe doesn't fit, must we change the foot?

If the shoe doesn't fit, must we change the foot?

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.

We'll never solve the feminization of power until we solve the masculinity of wealth.

We'll never solve the feminization of power until we solve the masculinity of wealth.

Law and justice are not always the same.

Law and justice are not always the same.

What has the women's movement learned from Geraldine Ferraro's candidacy for vice president? Never get...

What has the women's movement learned from Geraldine Ferraro's candidacy for vice president? Never get...

It is more rewarding to watch money change the world than watch it accumulate.

It is more rewarding to watch money change the world than watch it accumulate.

Women are not going to be equal outside the home until men are equal in...

Women are not going to be equal outside the home until men are equal in...

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...

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...

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

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

Happy or unhappy, families are all mysterious. We have only to imagine how differently we...

Happy or unhappy, families are all mysterious. We have only to imagine how differently we...

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...

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...

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...