I Just Decided That I Didn't Want

I Loved My Kids. And I Loved My House, And I Loved A Lot Of Things About My Life In The 1950s. But There Were A Lot Like Me In That Era, Very Overeducated Housewives.

Today The Problem That Has No Name Is How To Juggle Work, Love, Home And Children.

I Was At A Meeting Two Years Ago In Beijing, And I Passed A Bunch Of Women Who Were Marching In A Protest. Their Signs Were Probably Saying Something I Wouldn't Have Agreed With At All. But I Was So Glad To See Women Marching. And It's Happening All Over The World.

I Never Set Out To Write A Book To Change Women's Lives, To Change History. It's Like, 'who, Me?' Yes, Me. I Did It. And I'm Not That Different From Other Women. Maybe My Power And Glory Was That I Could Speak My Truth As A Woman And It Was The Truth Of Every Woman.

You Can Show More Of The Reality Of Yourself Instead Of Hiding Behind A Mask For Fear Of Revealing Too Much