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{S_siefy is composed of three ..inds of people: the few who make thiags happen, the many who watch things happen and the great majority-- who have no idea what happened. ; ° Source Unknown | j tevee wth a tree valence pee taal esha te Retell mo Mae nh AAA 4 | i oa eee ne ncn "The right to vote, or equal civil tights, may be good demands, but true emancipation begins neither at the polls nor in courts. It begins in‘wonan'’s soul.” From Enma Goldman's lecture, "The Tragedy of “Roman's Emancipation", published in| Xnarchien and other Essays in 1911. | The history (of feminisa),..suggesta to me that at least three basic conditions | must be satisfied if women are to become génuinély equal. (In all honesty, of course, | -4t should also be admitted that the lesson of history so far is that women cannot gain equality regardless of the methods used to obtain it.) First, an efficient welfare state which compensates mothers for their service to society. Secondly, an | ideology or animating ethos that will inspire women to exploit the opportunities thus secured. And, most importantly of all I suspect, if women are to be free they must engage in the kind of radical and profound analysis of themselves, their social context, and their possibilities which has been so conspicuously absent up to this - 9 point.” William L. O'Neill, "Everyone Was Braves The Rise and Fall of Feainisa in - LAmerica®™, Quadrangle Books, Chicago, 1969. |