1970s Quote by Rebecca Traister

Because women of color were more likely to be in the paid labor force, they were more likely to recognize discrimination, so they were…

— Gloria Steinem

When you talk to women who were working as print journalists or in broadcasting in the '50s, and then you talk to women who…

— Romola Garai

There are more and more women entering into the workforce themselves. More and more of them are making more money.

— Peggy Johnson

The historical weight of gender inequality has tended to concentrate women in lower-paid jobs with fewer benefits and at the same time made them…

— Stephanie Coontz

The women's movement is just a symptom of basic changes in the economy that are favoring women.

— Helen Fisher

Young feminists have been sold a bill of goods about American feminism. The enormous changes in women over the past 40 years are constantly…

— Camille Paglia

In the 1960s, you had this booming economy, and you didn't really have enough men around to fill all the jobs. So there was…

— Gail Collins

The women's movement was always going to work in two parts. With one part, we'd break open the doors that were closed to women,…

— Ellen Goodman

There have been some gains made in terms of more equality for women in the workplace and in the way the legal system deals…

— Tracy Chapman

I think women were gradually becoming more independent - the feminist movement of the Sixties didn't just spring out of nowhere.

— Chris Chibnall

It's amazing to me that, in the 42 years since President Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act into law, women today still receive fewer…

— Mike Honda

The influx of women into paid work and her increased power raise a woman's aspirations and hopes for equal treatment at home. Her lower…

— Arlie Russell Hochschild