Every time we liberate a woman, we liberate a man.

—Margaret Mead

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About Margaret Mead

Portrait of Margaret Mead

Margaret Mead (December 16, 1901 – November 15, 1978) was an American cultural anthropologist, author and speaker, who appeared frequently in the mass media during the mid-twentieth century.

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I was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing was to add to the sum of accurate information in the world.

—Margaret Mead

Nobody has ever before asked the nuclear family to live all by itself in a box the way we do. With no relatives, no support, we've put it in an impossible situation.

—Margaret Mead

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Women want mediocre men, and men are working hard to become as mediocre as possible.

—Margaret Mead

We won't have a society if we destroy the environment.

—Margaret Mead

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American society is very like a fish society.… Among certain species of fish, the only thing which determines order of dominance is length of time in the fishbowl. The oldest resident picks on the newest resident, and if the newest resident is removed to a new bowl, he, as oldest resident, will pick on the newcomers.

—Margaret Mead

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They blame the low-income women for ruining the country because they're staying home with their children and not going out to work. They blame the middle-income women for ruining the country because they go out to work and do not stay home to take care of their children.

—Ann Richards

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Women have the power of life and death. We, after all, give birth and the fate of humanity is in our hands. That is why men try so hard to rule us, my dear. They know if we once looked well on what they have made of the human existence, we might close our legs and within our barren wombs bring the comedy to an end.

—Alice Borchardt

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The appalling thing is the degree of charity women are capable of. You see it all the time… love lavished on absolute fools. Love's a charity ward, you know.

—Lawrence Durrell

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My wish is to ride the tempest, tame the waves, kill the sharks.… I will not resign myself to the usual lot of women who bow their heads and become concubines.

—Trieu Thi Trinh

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Being a woman is a terribly difficult task since it consists principally in dealing with men.

—Joseph Conrad

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