The Feminine Mystique Has Succeeded

If Women’s Role In Life Is Limited Solely To Housewife/mother, It Clearly Ends When She Can No Longer Bear More Children And The Children She Has Borne Leave Home.

Diversity Has Got To Be A Part Of Modern Feminism, And I Think That My Feminism Is Stronger Because Its An Inclusive Thing. I Won't Be Backed Into A Corner That Polarizes Me Against Other Women. And I Wished They Wouldn't Be Either.

I Have Discovered That There Is A Crucial Difference Between Society's Image Of Old People And 'us' As We Know And Feel Ourselves To Be.

Aging Will Create The Music Of The Coming Century.

Feminism Or The Family? Carried To Excess Maybe. I Have Insisted That Women Cannot Be Defined Solely In Those Terms. But For A Great Many Women - Not All, Because We Are Only Beginning To Realize And Affirm The Diversity Of Women Themselves - Choosing Motherhood Makes Motherhood Itself A Liberating Choice.