I have me brave women who are exploring the outer edge of human possibility, with no history to guide them, and with a courage to make themselves vulnerable that I find moving beyond words.
Gloria SteinemRead
The Republican Party supported the Equal Rights Amendment before the Democratic Party did. But what happened was that a lot of very right-wing Democrats, after the civil rights bill of 1964, left the Democratic Party and gradually have taken over the Republican Party.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote highlights the shifting political allegiance within parties regarding civil rights and the Equal Rights Amendment.
Gloria Steinem reflects on the historical context of the Equal Rights Amendment, noting that the Republican Party was initially in favor of it before the Democratic Party. She points out that over time, many conservative Democrats transitioned to the Republican Party, illustrating the evolving dynamics of political affiliations and ideologies, particularly in relation to civil rights.
Themes
Equal RightsPoliticsParty AffiliationCivil RightsHistory
In practice
Example use cases
This quote could be used in a discussion about the history of civil rights movements in America.
More from Gloria Steinem
All quotes →If women are supposed to be less rational and more emotional at the beginning of our menstrual cycle when the female hormone is at its lowest level, then why isn't it logical to say that, in those few days, women behave the most like the way men behave all month long?
Gloria SteinemRead
Age brings a freedom. When you're young, you're much more subject to the idea of what feminine is or how you should look or how you should behave.
Gloria SteinemRead
All those chemicals that create empathy only work when you are in a room together.
Gloria SteinemRead
Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.
Gloria SteinemRead
Obviously, there is much similarity among the challenges of transgender people and all women - from health care to harassment to discrimination in the workplace.
Gloria SteinemRead
Similar quotes
Fundamentalists are not friends of democracy. And that includes your fundamentalists in the United States.
Karen ArmstrongRead
It's time for political leaders across the ideological spectrum to realize that, while partisanship is understandable, hyper-partisanship is destructive to our country. We need more visionary leaders who will earnestly strive for bipartisanship and finding policy solutions that can move America forward.
Martin Luther King IiiRead
Unless women are prepared to fight politically they must be content to be ignored politically.
Alice PaulRead
If elected members of any body - whether it's a state house or Congress - were not willing to take career-ending or at least election-losing votes, I would not have the right to vote today.
Elizabeth EstyRead
Although our interests as citizens vary, each one is an artery to the heart that pumps life through the body politic, and each is important to the health of democracy.
Bill MoyersRead
We won't organize any black man to be a Democrat or a Republican because both of them have sold us out. Both of them have sold us out; both parties have sold us out. Both parties are racist, and the Democratic Party is more racist than the Republican Party.
Malcolm XRead