Gloria Steinem — "Childbirth is more admirable than conquest, more amazing than self-defense, and …"

"Law and justice are not always the same. When they aren't, destroying the law may be the first step toward changing it."

"Democracy begins with owning our bodies. By that measure, women have rarely lived in a democracy."

"There is no such thing as a free lunch, but there are free women."

"I myself cried when I got angry, then became unable to explain why I was angry in the first place. Later I would discover this was endemic among female human beings. Anger is supposed to be 'unfeminin…"

"If you say, I'm for equal pay, that's a reform. But if you say, I'm a feminist, that's a transformation of society."