Results: Gloria Steinem – Her Life In Quotes Part 1
Gloria Steinem, the boundary-pushing campaigner and author who spent her life fighting for greater rights for women, has died September 2, at the age of 92.
Throughout her career, she was known for her unfiltered honesty and from the 1960s forward, used her words to inspire and bring together women who also wanted to see a change in their lives.
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"Don't think about making women fit the world – think about making the world fit women." Gloria Steinem, a co-founder of Ms. magazine, was a hugely recognizable presence wherever she went. And she went everywhere: Much of her life as an advocate was spent on the road, speaking at college campuses and community centers, at rallies and marches. She devoted her life advocating for women's rights -- in the workplace, at home, in the media, and in every aspect of their lives. Did you follow the career of Ms. Steinem?
Yes
16%
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141 votes
No
64%
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560 votes
Undecided
19%
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169 votes
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"Women have always been an equal part of the past. We just haven't been a part of history." For decades, even centuries, women have been relegated to that "second class", paid less, expected to work twice as hard for everything, been called "the weaker sex", assumed to be less ambitious and often defined by their bodies instead of their minds. Steinem could not just allow this to persist, so she became the "voice" for a generation of women who just wanted their seat at the table. Do you feel that we still have a long way to go before women are seen truly as equal in every way?
Yes
48%
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416 votes
No
23%
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200 votes
Undecided
29%
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254 votes
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"We badly need to raise our boys more like our girls." Steinem believed that if society would teach boys the positive, nurturing traits traditionally encouraged in girls, such as empathy, emotional vulnerability, and cooperation that the world would benefit immensely. Feminism is a movement and belief system that works to establish full social, economic, and political equality for all genders, but to work efficiently, all genders must equally learn from each other. Do you believe this is a valid point?
Yes
42%
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369 votes
No
24%
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212 votes
Undecided
33%
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289 votes
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