Gloria Steinem
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And our schools should be doing it, too. You know, our civics courses, our American history courses. Why did we fight a civil war over the vote and equal citizenship? Why did people die for it?
And our schools should be doing it, too. You know, our civics courses, our American history courses. Why did we fight a civil war over the vote and equal citizenship? Why did people die for it?
Because we're social animals. There's a reason why solitary confinement is the worst punishment everywhere in the world. So we need each other and we need to create a supportive place where women can vote for themselves.
Because we're social animals. There's a reason why solitary confinement is the worst punishment everywhere in the world. So we need each other and we need to create a supportive place where women can vote for themselves.
Because we're social animals. There's a reason why solitary confinement is the worst punishment everywhere in the world. So we need each other and we need to create a supportive place where women can vote for themselves.
It's good that you say that because it's probably true that when you say the word movement, it seems serious and difficult. And so we should include the laughter. Absolutely.
It's good that you say that because it's probably true that when you say the word movement, it seems serious and difficult. And so we should include the laughter. Absolutely.
It's good that you say that because it's probably true that when you say the word movement, it seems serious and difficult. And so we should include the laughter. Absolutely.
It's kind of a parable. And it happened to me when I was in college and taking geology, which I thought was the easiest of the science requirements. So we were on a field trip along the Connecticut River. And while the professor was telling us about the meander curves of the Connecticut River or something, I had wandered up a little dirt road to the embankment of an asphalt road.
It's kind of a parable. And it happened to me when I was in college and taking geology, which I thought was the easiest of the science requirements. So we were on a field trip along the Connecticut River. And while the professor was telling us about the meander curves of the Connecticut River or something, I had wandered up a little dirt road to the embankment of an asphalt road.
It's kind of a parable. And it happened to me when I was in college and taking geology, which I thought was the easiest of the science requirements. So we were on a field trip along the Connecticut River. And while the professor was telling us about the meander curves of the Connecticut River or something, I had wandered up a little dirt road to the embankment of an asphalt road.
And there was a turtle there in the soft dirt that was the embankment. And I thought, oh, look at that poor turtle. It's crawled all the way up here from the river and, you know, And how sad. It was a big snapping turtle. So I pushed and pulled and tugged and got this turtle back down to put in the river.
And there was a turtle there in the soft dirt that was the embankment. And I thought, oh, look at that poor turtle. It's crawled all the way up here from the river and, you know, And how sad. It was a big snapping turtle. So I pushed and pulled and tugged and got this turtle back down to put in the river.
And there was a turtle there in the soft dirt that was the embankment. And I thought, oh, look at that poor turtle. It's crawled all the way up here from the river and, you know, And how sad. It was a big snapping turtle. So I pushed and pulled and tugged and got this turtle back down to put in the river.
And just as I swam away in the river, the professor came up behind me and said, you know, that turtle has probably spent at least a month crawling up that road in order to lay its eggs in the mud of the embankment. And I felt terrible, of course. And that became a source of a, I think, still very valid political rule, which is always ask the turtle. Don't act on behalf of other people.
And just as I swam away in the river, the professor came up behind me and said, you know, that turtle has probably spent at least a month crawling up that road in order to lay its eggs in the mud of the embankment. And I felt terrible, of course. And that became a source of a, I think, still very valid political rule, which is always ask the turtle. Don't act on behalf of other people.
And just as I swam away in the river, the professor came up behind me and said, you know, that turtle has probably spent at least a month crawling up that road in order to lay its eggs in the mud of the embankment. And I felt terrible, of course. And that became a source of a, I think, still very valid political rule, which is always ask the turtle. Don't act on behalf of other people.
Well, you have a great impulse. It's just that before you act, you need to ask the people who are most impacted.
Well, you have a great impulse. It's just that before you act, you need to ask the people who are most impacted.
Well, you have a great impulse. It's just that before you act, you need to ask the people who are most impacted.