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Crystal Eastman quotes

American Lawyer June 25, 1881 – July 8, 1928

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Until women learn to want economic independence, and until they work out a way to get this independence without denying themselves the joys of love and motherhood, it seems to me feminism has no roots. Crystal Eastman
Crystal Eastman quote: "Men will not give up their privilege of helplessness without a..."
Men will not give up their privilege of helplessness without a struggle. Crystal Eastman
Crystal Eastman quote: "A good deal of tyranny goes by the name of protection."
A good deal of tyranny goes by the name of protection. Crystal Eastman
It is not so much that women have a different point of view in politics as that they give a different emphasis. And this is vastly important, for politics is so largely a matter of emphasis. Crystal Eastman
I am not interested in women just because they're women. I am interested, however, in seeing that they are no longer classed with children and minors. Crystal Eastman
The average man has a carefully cultivated ignorance about household matters - from what to do with the crumbs to the grocer's telephone number - a sort of cheerful inefficiency which protects him. Crystal Eastman
Crystal Eastman quote: "If the feminist program goes to pieces on the arrival of the..."
If the feminist program goes to pieces on the arrival of the first baby, it's false and useless. Crystal Eastman
It is all right for the lion and the lamb to lie down together if they are both asleep, but if one of them begins to get active, it is dangerous. Crystal Eastman
Indifference is harder to fight than hostility, and there is nothing that kills an agitation like having everybody admit that it is fundamentally right. Crystal Eastman
Crystal Eastman quote: "I would not have a woman go to Congress merely because she is..."
I would not have a woman go to Congress merely because she is a woman. Crystal Eastman

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