“Rich cultures, patriarchal cultures, value thin women, like ours; poor ones value fat women. But all patriarchal cultures value weak women. So for women to become physically strong is very profound.”

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.