Mother’s Day really was in its origin an antiwar day, an antiwar statement. Julia Ward Howe was sickened by what had happened… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
The premise of most media is that only conflict is newsworthy. And that's just not true. I think for a lot of… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
“ALIENATION IS WHEN YOUR COUNTRY IS AT WAR AND YOU WANT THE OTHER SIDE TO WIN.” — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
“When a woman fears the punishment that comes from calling herself a feminist, I ask: Will you be so unpunished if you… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
They would say well there's always been wars, men have always beaten women. But it isn't true in all cultures. It doesn't… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
“During World War II, a few years after Norma Jeane’s time in an orphanage, thousands of children were evacuated from the air… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
Until the masculine role is humanized, women will tend to be much better at solving dangerous conflicts. — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
Women, we tend to become whole people by venturing outside of the home, learning to aspire, to achieve, to deal with conflict… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
“Women of all groups were measurably more likely than their male counterparts to vote for equality, health, and education, and against violence… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
What I think we need to do is infuse everyday and every action with the kind of values we hope will be… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
People waste more time waiting for someone to take charge of their lives than they do in any other pursuit. — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
Nothing will happen automatically. Change depends on what you and I do every day. — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
Women are never again going to be mindless coffee-makers or mindless policy-makers in politics. — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
The state of female artists is very good. But the very definition of art has been biased in that 'art' was what men did… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
We will live to see the day that St. Patrick's Cathedral is a child-care center and the pope is no longer a disgrace to… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
Just when you thought multi-nationals and crazed consumerism were too big to fight, along comes Naomi Klein with facts, spirit, and news of successful… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
I don't know Beyoncé, but I have the impression that she's sincere, that she really is a feminist and wanted to put the word… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
I started out life as a writer, and writers write in part because they don't want to talk. — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
Sadomasochiasm - which we know very well doesn't exist in societies that don't have child abuse - is regarded some sort of natural sexual… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
“Part of traveling over years means coming back to the same place and knowing it for the first time.” — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image