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Gloria Steinem — Portrait after a picture by Lynn Gilbert (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons. This drawing is shared under the same licence.

The quotations of

Gloria Steinem

American feminist activist and journalist

1934–2026

10 quotes, most often on Women.

In my heart, I think a woman has two choices: Either she’s a feminist or a masochist.
- Women
Any woman who chooses to behave like a full human being should be warned that the armies of the status quo will treat her as something of a dirty joke. That’s their natural and first weapon. She will need her sisterhood.
“Sisterhood” in New York (20 December 1971), p. 49
- Women
Women may be the one group that grows more radical with age.
Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions (1983), p. 377
- Age
- Women
We are talking about a society in which there will be no roles other than those chosen, or those earned. We are really talking about humanism.
“Address to the Women of America” (10 July 1971)
- Freedom
- Women
As the little boy said when asked if he wanted to be a lawyer like his mother, “Oh no, that’s women’s work.” Logic has nothing to do with oppression.
Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions (1983), p. 367
- Women
- Work

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