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Progress is not automatic, it depends on what we do every day. So any statement of ownership of our own bodies, however that occurs in our individual lives or our community or our collective lives, is crucial.
Gloria Steinem
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Gloria Steinem
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: March 25
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Superwoman is the adversary of the women's movement.
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Logic is in the eye of the logician.
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Intelligence in the service of poor instinct is really dangerous.
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Whoever has power takes over the noun - and the norm - while the less powerful get an adjective.
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