we are the women our parents warned us against, and we are … - Gloria Steinem

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we are the women our parents warned us against, and we are proud

Gloria Steinem

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Gloria Marie Steinem (born March 25, 1934) is an American feminist, journalist, and social and political activist who became nationally recognized as a leader of, and media spokeswoman for, the women's liberation movement in the late 1960s and 1970s. A prominent writer and key counterculture era political figure, Steinem has founded many organizations and projects and has been the recipient of many awards and honors. She is a former columnist for New York magazine and co-founded Ms. magazine.

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we have to behave as if everything we do matters. Because it might.

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

Men embody adventure, women embody hearth and home, and that has been pretty much it.
Even as a child, I noticed that Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz spent her entire time trying to get back home to Kansas, and Alice in Wonderland dreamed her long adventure, then woke up just in time for tea.

we are the women our parents warned us against, and we are proud - Gloria Steinem

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