Diversity Has Got To Be A Part

Protectiveness Has Often Muffled The Sound Of Doors Closing Against Women.

The Key To The Trap Is, Of Course, Education. The Feminine Mystique Has Made Higher Education For Women Seem Suspect, Unnecessary And Even Dangerous. But I Think That Education, And Only Education, Has Saved, And Can Continue To Save, American Women From The Greater Dangers Of The Feminine Mystique.

I Have Discovered That There Is A Crucial Difference Between Society's Image Of Old People And 'us' As We Know And Feel Ourselves To Be.

Aging Is Not 'lost Youth,' But A New Stage Of Opportunity And Strength. It's A Different Stage Of Life, And If You Are Going To Pretend It's Youth, You Are Going To Miss It. You Are Going To Miss The Surprises, The Possibilities, And The Evolution That We Are Just Beginning To Know About Because There Are No Role Models, No Guideposts, And No Signs.

There Are Some Die-hard Male Chauvinist Pigs And There Are Some Neanderthal Women Who Are Threatened By Equality - But The Great Majority, Polls Say 65% To 75% Of Women Of America, Of All Ages, Absolutely Identify With The Complete Agenda Of The Women's Movement: Equal Opportunity For Jobs, Education, Professional Training, The Right To Control Your Own Body - Your Own Reproductive Process, Freedom Of Choice, Child Care-the Whole Agenda.