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The quote suggests that true equality would make gender less important in everyday life. It imagines a society where people are free to be themselves without being defined or limited by gender categories.
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About Gloria Steinem
American journalist and social movement activist
Gloria Steinem is an American journalist and social movement activist who became a nationally recognized leader of second-wave feminism in the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s. She remained especially prominent in the 1980s and early 1990s. Her work is closely tied to feminism and broader social activism, and she is known for helping bring those issues into national public view. On this site, she has 267 quotes.
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Books by Gloria Steinem
Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions
1983
Marilyn, Norma Jeane
1987
My life on the road
2015
Revolution from within
1992
Moving Beyond Words: Age, Rage, Sex, Power, Money, Muscles
1995