I'm My Age And I Feel Glorious.

I Realized That What I Was Saying Was Threatening, Somehow, To The Editors Of Women's Magazines. That It Threatened The Very World They Were Trying To Paint, What I Then Called The "feminine Mystique."

Some People Think I'm Saying, 'women Of The World Unite -- You Have Nothing To Lose But Your Men. It's Not True. You Have Nothing To Lose But Your Vacuum Cleaners.

I Just Decided That I Didn't Want To Be In The Academic World, Because It Was [really] Too Easy For Me At The Top. But Also It Wasn't Active Enough For Me.

I Understood Somehow My Mother's Frustration. And That It Was No Good Not Only For Her, But For Her Children Or Her Husband, That She Didn't Have A Real Use Of Her Ability.

My Adolescence Was Quite Miserable, When I Look Back On It, At Least My Early Part Of My Adolescence. Because There Was Anti-semitism In Peoria, And I Didn't Feel That When I Was In Elementary School.