10 Gloria Steinem quotes that celebrate everyday feminism

Often regarded as ‘Mother of feminism’, Gloria Steinem is the woman, who we all admire the most for her wit and knack of voicing her opinion on equality. Gloria wears many feathers hat on her head as she is not just a journalist, but a political activist, lecturer, author, and a marvelous media spokesperson on feminism. Her phenomenal image of being a journalist to a bestselling author to a greatest social activist, Gloria is as inspirational in her words as much as she is with her actions to bring a change in society.

These 10 quotes of Steinem will energize you and empower you to speak and stand for equality in nation. Read on.

• “A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full of  the humanity of women and men.”

• “Feminism has never been about getting a job for one woman. It’s about making life more fair for women everywhere. It’s not about a piece of the existing pie; there are too many of us for that. It’s about baking a new pie.” 

• Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry.

• “We need to remember across generations that there is as much to learn as there is to teach.”

• “It is more rewarding to watch money change the world than watch it accumulate.”

• “Women are always saying, “We can do anything that men can do” But men should be saying, We can do anything that women can do”

• “I’m a realist, but I’m also a dreamer. And I am not just a dreamer, I’m a hopeaholic.”

• If you say, ‘I’m for equal pay, that’s a reform. But if you say, I’m a feminist, that’s a transformation of society.”

• “Power can be taken, but not given. The process of taking is empowerment in itself.”

• “We are still identified by our looks instead of our hearts and heads. That’s why it’s so much better to break the rules. If the rules worked, we’d be able to see it. If women were able to sleep to the top, there would be many more women at the top.”