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“He who has the gold makes the rules.”
― Frances Goldin, Imagine: Living in a Socialist U.S.A.

“Eastman demanded equal pay for equal work and a “revolution in the early training and education of both boys and girls. It must be womanly as well as manly to earn your own living, to stand on your own feet. And it must be manly as well as womanly to know how to cook and sew and clean and take care of yourself.” She was aware that “men will not give up their privilege of helplessness without a struggle” and that they actually “cultivated ignorance about household matters.”
― Frances Goldin, Imagine: Living in a Socialist U.S.A.