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You Can Have It All, Just Not All At The Same Time.

There Needs To Be Bolder Thinking, ... On How To Measure The Quality Of Life Of Men And Women In The Work Force. Currently, Success Is Measured By Material Advancements. We Need To Readjust The Definition Of Success To Account For Time Outside Of Work And Satisfaction Of Life, Not Just The Dollars-and-cents Bottom Line.

I Won A Really Big Fellowship To Go Straight On To Get My Ph.d. And I Went Through Agonies Of Indecision, And Then I Decided Not To Accept It. I Just Decided I Didn't Want To Be An Academic.

There's No Question That The Black Middle Class Has Benefited Greatly By The Civil Rights Movement. But There Is A Large Black Underclass That Does Not Have Access To Jobs. If There's No Clear Road To Income And Status Except Crime, We Should Expect Social Problems. You Can't Solve This Problem Without Addressing The Economic Issues, And The Same Is True With Gender.

Economic Equity Is An Enormous Empowerment Of Women. Having Jobs That Provide Income Means That Women Can Be A More Effective Force, A More Equal Force, In The Political Process. Women With Income Take Themselves More Seriously And They Are Taken More Seriously.