The Women's Movement. . . Has Proved

Having Whipped Single Women Into High Marital Panic-or "nuptialitis," As One Columnist Called It- The Press Hastened To Soothe Fretted Brows With Conjugal Tonic.

Social Scientists Could Supply Plenty Of Research To Show That One Member Of The Family, At Least, Is Happier And More Well Adjusted When Mum Stays Home And Looks After The Children. But That Person Is Dada Finding Of Limited Use To Backlash Publicists.

We Think Of A Feminist As Someone A Woman Becomes In Reaction To Personal Indignities And Social Injustices. But The Truth Is, Such Inequities Only Awaken Her To The Feminist She Has Always Fundamentally Been - That Is, A Person Who Understands That Her First Responsibility Is To Her Own Humanity. That's Why, For My Money, The First Known Use Of The Word 'feminist' Is Still The Best, Appearing In An 1895 Book Review: A Woman Who 'has In Her The Capacity Of Fighting Her Way Back To Independence.

The Point Of Feminism ... Is To Win Women A Wider Range Of Experience. Feminism Remains A Pretty Simple Concept, Despite Repeated - And Enormously Effective - Efforts To Dress It Up In Greasepaint And Turn Its Proponents Into Gargoyles.

In Place Of Equal Respect, The Nation Offered Women The Miss America Beauty Pageant, Established In 1920-the Same Year Women Won The Vote.