Gail Collins

The Bushes were certainly part of Texas in their mind, but they didn't have the kind of political flavor that you normally…

— Gail Collins

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

I don't think the folks in the low-tax states really want to go into a fairness discussion. Residents of Connecticut and New…

— Gail Collins

I would walk a thousand miles To feel your hugs and see your smiles But then one day we had to part…

— Gail Collins

“One law prohibited blacks from testifying against whites in court, and carefully defined “negro” as anyone who had one nonwhite grandparent.”

— Gail Collins

“An estimated 400 women disguised themselves as men to fight in the Civil War. Many were like Amy Clarke, who enlisted so…

— Gail Collins

Billy Jean King could not get credit when her husband was in law school and she was winning the Wimbledon, because he…

— Gail Collins

Sarah Palin is treated like a bimbo sometimes, but she has never given the public the respect they deserve. She acts silly…

— Gail Collins

There's more student debt than credit card debt! Everywhere I go, I run into young people trying to build careers while they…

— Gail Collins

Women in America will have to find an answer for the pressures of work and family, but if you really care about…

— Gail Collins

The idea that 'if you don't like how things are going, you can just leave' is so ingrained in Texas, the secession…

— Gail Collins

I admired the way McCain worked on campaign finance reform. I admired the way Nancy Pelosi stiffened the Democrats' spine during the…

— Gail Collins

Some of our national heroines were defined by the fact that they never nested - they were peripatetic crusaders like Susan B.…

— Gail Collins

When the women's movement began, it was a middle-class phenomenon. Certainly, black women had other stuff to think about in the '60s…

— Gail Collins

Downplaying their faults is pretty much the point of campaigns. But we do count on them living with the constant terror of…

— Gail Collins

“Eleanor was a member of one of America’s great families, niece to Teddy Roosevelt and a distant cousin of her future husband.…

— Gail Collins

Gay rights is just a matter of time. Look at the polls. Worrying about gay marriage, let alone gay civil unions or…

— Gail Collins

The middle of 'America's Women' is about the Civil War, and how women, black and white, confronted slavery and abolition. As in…

— Gail Collins

The history of American women is all about leaving home - crossing oceans and continents, or getting jobs and living on their…

— Gail Collins

The Tea Party people say they're angry about socialism, but maybe they're really angry about capitalism. If there's a sense of being…

— Gail Collins

For a border state, I would argue that Texas is less lunatic on the subject of immigration issues than other places around…

— Gail Collins

The key to success for any woman who wants to have a really serious career and a family is to marry a…

— Gail Collins

In college, the guys aren't worrying about whether they'll be able to pursue their career dreams and still have kids.

— Gail Collins

Despite my excellent mood, I don't have any sympathy for Romney. If he'd been a good candidate he wouldn't have had a…

— Gail Collins

Once when I was working for the Daily News, I was summoned back to work from vacation because Donald Trump announced he…

— Gail Collins