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Gloria Steinem is an American journalist and social activist, renowned for her leadership in the women's rights movement. Born on March 25, 1934, she was one of the founding editors of Ms. magazine and played a pivotal role in the women's liberation movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Steinem's work has covered a wide range of issues from gender equality to environmental justice.

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Famous Gloria Steinem Quotes

“Women are always saying,"We can do anything that men cando." But Men should be saying,"We can do anything that women can do.”

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“Women may be the one group that grows more radical with age.”

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Book:Outrageous acts and everyday rebellions

Source: Outrageous acts and everyday rebellions

“A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.”

“Feminism has never been about getting a job for one woman. It's about making life more fair for women everywhere. It's not about a piece of the existing pie; there are too many of us for that. It's about baking a new pie.”

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“Women have two choices: Either she's a feminist or a masochist.”

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“In every century, there are a handful of writers who help the human race to evolve. Andrea is one of them.”

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“A liberated woman is one who has sex before marriage and a job after.”

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“Feminism starts out being very simple, and it ends up being a world view that questions hierarchy altogether.”

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“Feminism is about friends and sisters and community.”

Community Feminism

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“The nineteenth-century wave of feminism was started by older women who had been through the radicalizing experience of getting married and becoming the legal chattel of their husbands (or the equally radicalizing experience of not getting married and being treated as spinsters).”

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Book:Outrageous acts and everyday rebellions

Source: Outrageous acts and everyday rebellions

“Before feminism, work was largely defined as what men did or would do. Thus, a working woman was someone who labored outside the home for money, masculine-style.”

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Book:Outrageous acts and everyday rebellions

Source: Outrageous acts and everyday rebellions

About the Author

Born: March 25, 1934
Known for: Journalist
Quotes: 620

Books & Sources

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Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-EsteemRelated source material

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Moving Beyond Words: Essays on Age, Rage, Sex, Power, Money, Muscles: Breaking the Boundaries of GenderRelated source material

Passion, Politics, and Everyday Activism: Collected Essays: Moving Beyond Words; Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions; and Revolution from WithinRelated source material

Moving Beyond Words: Age, Rage, Sex, Power, Money, Muscles: Breaking Boundaries of GenderRelated source material

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