Definitions Quote by Gloria Steinem

Not only is women's work never done, the definition keeps changing.

— Bill Copeland

Before feminism, work was largely defined as what men did or would do. Thus, a working woman was someone who labored outside the home…

— Gloria Steinem

I'm tired of hearing you men say that this and that and the other isn't woman's work. Any work is woman's work that a…

— Edna Ferber

Using my own hand as a base material, I considered it a canvas upon which I stitched into the top layer of skin using…

— Eliza Bennett

Women are so policed and devalued and dehumanized when it comes to the work they do.

— Janet Mock

Being a woman is hard work.

— Maya Angelou

Most so-called women's work is not recognized as real activity. One reason for this attitude may be that such work is usually associated with…

— Jean Baker Miller

“[D]emanding wages for housework (…) forced recognition of the fact that the domestic work which women do has economic value. But many feminists feel…

— Nivedita Menon

Laundry, liturgy and women's work all serve to ground us in the world, and they need not grind us down. Our daily tasks, whether…

— Kathleen Norris

Women have to work exceptionally hard.

— Madeleine Albright

As the son of a feminist mother, I grew up with the idea that work was a sort of salvation for women as it…

— Tom Hodgkinson

I would much rather be acknowledged for the work that I do rather than being a woman doing the type of work I do.

— Simone Giertz