I Knew One Thing. I Did Not

When I Was In High School, Even In College, I Didn't Have Any Real Image Of A Career Woman Or A Professional Woman.

It Is Easier To Live Through Someone Else Than To Become Complete Yourself.

Development Can Indeed Continue Beyond Childhood And Youth, Beyond The Seventies. It Can Continue Until The Very End Of Life, Given Purposes That Challenge And Use Our Human Abilities. . . . In Sum, Our Development Does Not Necessarily End At Any Age. We Can Continue To Develop Into Our Eighties, Even To Our Nineties.

There Are Some Die-hard Male Chauvinist Pigs And There Are Some Neanderthal Women Who Are Threatened By Equality - But The Great Majority, Polls Say 65% To 75% Of Women Of America, Of All Ages, Absolutely Identify With The Complete Agenda Of The Women's Movement: Equal Opportunity For Jobs, Education, Professional Training, The Right To Control Your Own Body - Your Own Reproductive Process, Freedom Of Choice, Child Care-the Whole Agenda.

Having Expressed The Rage Against The Laws And Conditions That Oppressed Them - Maybe Even Excess Anger In The Beginning Was Directed At Men They Came In Contact With, Because It Had Been Pent Up Too Long - Women Now Come From A New Position Of Easier, More Comfortable Self-affirmation And Empowerment. Women Are Given To Tolerance And Are More Able To Love. I Hope It Happens Also To Men.