Gloria Steinem: Why Our Revolution Has Just Begun
If I had to pick a couple of myths about the women’s movement that are most wrong, I think two might be tied for worst place. One is that this movement—also known as women’s liberation, feminism, womanism, mujerista!, grrrls and more—is only for white middle-class women.
The second myth is that women of the ’70s did all that could or should be done, and young women can now relax; feminism was their mothers’ movement.
If I had to pick a couple of myths about the women’s movement that are most wrong, I think two might be tied for worst place. One is that this movement—also known as women’s liberation, feminism, womanism, mujerista!, grrrls and more—is only for white middle-class women.
The second myth is that women of the ’70s did all that could or should be done, and young women can now relax; feminism was their mothers’ movement.