The history of American women is all about leaving home - crossing oceans and continents, or getting jobs and living on their… — 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
Any time you write history, you insert your opinion. You pick and choose what you are going to write about. I feel… — 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
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
Until Eleanor Roosevelt, there was only one or two First Ladies in all of American history who made an impact, who people… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
We always need to remember that behind almost every great moment in history, there are heroic people doing really boring and frustrating… — 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 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 it. In… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
