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's possible that you have been told a time or 10 that you don't appreciate how tough your elders had it. It's… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
The economic sense of possibility was so great when I was growing up that my parents had no question that I could… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
Gay rights is just a matter of time. Look at the polls. Worrying about gay marriage, let alone gay civil unions or… — 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
The fantasy I've always had is that somehow I could move back in time. I would like to be there when Susan… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
This is the moment when I should also admit that when the Internet first arrived I kept telling people it was a… — 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
I did some research once on the way people in the past imagined the year 2000. They tended to picture the things… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
When the women's movement started in the 1960s, there was a vision of a future where women didn't wear makeup or worry… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
I can't tell you how many times I've had conversations with politicians who've done something morally reprehensible but not indictable, yet still… — 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
