Even before Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton threw their exploratory committees into the ring, every reporter seemed to be asking, 'Which candidate are Americans more ready for: a white woman or a black man?'Gloria Steinem
The Native American cultures on this continent, most of them, were matrilineal, and some women were the chiefs. Societies were about balance.Gloria Steinem
If women are supposed to be less rational and more emotional at the beginning of our menstrual cycle when the female hormone is at its lowest level, then why isn't it logical to say that, in those few days, women behave the most like the way men behave all month long?Gloria Steinem
The caste systems of sex and race are interdependent and can only be uprooted together.Gloria Steinem
Because women of color were more likely to be in the paid labor force, they were more likely to recognize discrimination, so they were always leading the women's movement.Gloria Steinem
Until the masculine role is humanized, women will tend to be much better at solving dangerous conflicts.Gloria Steinem
The Constitution did not mention women when it was first written, and it still doesn't.Gloria Steinem
I'm so happy that we're finally hearing the stories and voices of women who make America. We do what we see, not what we're told, so an incomplete story of this country damages everyone.Gloria Steinem
After feminism, I suddenly realised: not everyone has to live the same way. Imagine that!Gloria Steinem
Now, if we look at the way in which the labor movement itself has evolved over the last couple of decades, we see increasing numbers of black people who are in the leadership of the labor movement and this is true today.Angela Davis