Whenever you bring up women's internal workings, guys want to change the subject. Unless, of course, they're trying to change the laws. — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
I have always believed the iron rule of politics was that women don't vote for men who yell. — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
Women are needed in the military because there aren't enough soldiers, and we're seeing more women serve. — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
DePaulo says that 'singlism' -- a term she coined and for which we are prepared to forgive her -- is not just… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
When I started giving talks about women's history, one of the things that bothered me was the tendency to say, 'Well, everybody… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
The one big, humongous, immense thing that we didn't change, that we didn't figure out how to deal with is, if men… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
The history of American women is about the fight for freedom, but it's less a war against oppressive men than a struggle… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
“It took our entire history to actually change the rules of proper female behavior. But those rules were temporarily abandoned whenever the… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
You hear younger women say, 'I don't believe I'm a feminist. I believe women should have equal right and I believe in… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
[Ella Baker]'s second defining characteristic was her dislike of top-down leadership... 'She felt leaders were not appointed but the rose up. Someone… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
The work-family divide is the biggest issue for American women. But in some ways it's amazing how adjusted society has become to… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
Women in America will have to find an answer for the pressures of work and family, but if you really care about… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
How do you give smart, accomplished, ambitious women the same opportunities as men to reach their goals? What about universal preschool and… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
There are lots of reasons for that gap between men's and women's wages but to me, the big one is the work-family… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
The Bushes were certainly part of Texas in their mind, but they didn't have the kind of political flavor that you normally find in… — Gail Collins Copy Share
The work-family divide is the biggest issue for American women. But in some ways it's amazing how adjusted society has become to it. In… — Gail Collins Copy Share
I don't think the folks in the low-tax states really want to go into a fairness discussion. Residents of Connecticut and New York would… — Gail Collins Copy Share
I would walk a thousand miles To feel your hugs and see your smiles But then one day we had to part The hardest… — Gail Collins Copy Share
“One law prohibited blacks from testifying against whites in court, and carefully defined “negro” as anyone who had one nonwhite grandparent.” — Gail Collins Copy Share
“An estimated 400 women disguised themselves as men to fight in the Civil War. Many were like Amy Clarke, who enlisted so she could… — Gail Collins Copy Share
Billy Jean King could not get credit when her husband was in law school and she was winning the Wimbledon, because he had to… — Gail Collins Copy Share
Sarah Palin is treated like a bimbo sometimes, but she has never given the public the respect they deserve. She acts silly and doesn't… — Gail Collins Copy Share
There's more student debt than credit card debt! Everywhere I go, I run into young people trying to build careers while they keep shelling… — Gail Collins Copy Share
Women in America will have to find an answer for the pressures of work and family, but if you really care about women's issues… — Gail Collins Copy Share
The idea that 'if you don't like how things are going, you can just leave' is so ingrained in Texas, the secession movement is… — Gail Collins Copy Share
I admired the way McCain worked on campaign finance reform. I admired the way Nancy Pelosi stiffened the Democrats' spine during the health care… — Gail Collins Copy Share
Some of our national heroines were defined by the fact that they never nested - they were peripatetic crusaders like Susan B. Anthony, Clara… — Gail Collins Copy Share
When the women's movement began, it was a middle-class phenomenon. Certainly, black women had other stuff to think about in the '60s besides a… — Gail Collins Copy Share
Downplaying their faults is pretty much the point of campaigns. But we do count on them living with the constant terror of public rejection. — Gail Collins Copy Share
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