Faye Wattleton Quotes
My mother taught me a lot of things, but they had big presuppositions built in - like her expectation that I'd be a missionary nurse in a religious order.
Men's reproduction isn't regulated by the state -- and it shouldn't be. Neither should women's.
Until the day arrives when all women decide that our rights are not negotiable, our future choices will not be secure.
Whoever is providing leadership needs to be as fresh and thoughtful and reflective as possible to make the very best fight.
One of the sad commentaries on the way women are viewed in our society is that we have to fit one category. I have never felt that I had to be in one category.
Social change rarely comes about through the efforts of the disenfranchised. The middle class creates social revolutions.
The deal is that women have entered the workforce, but they have not been relieved of the domestic responsibilities.
We've consistently seen, since the late 1990s, that more than half of women believe that abortion should be severely restricted or abolished altogether.
If we can't preserve the privacy of our right to procreate, I can't imagine what rights we will be able to protect.
Affirmative action has been generally cast in terms of race. I think women themselves are not as cognizant of the role affirmative action has played in opening the doors for women.
A woman who places a high priority on performance and excellence is seen as imperial. A man is seen as demanding and tough.