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As the barriers against freedom for Americans because of race or religion have fallen, the freedom of all has expanded. The search for human freedom can never be complete without freedom of women.
Speech at Great Cleveland International Women's Year Conference (excerpts) (1975)
The long road to equality rests on achievement of women and men in altering how women are treated in every area of everyday life.
Speech at Great Cleveland International Women's Year Conference (excerpts) (1975)
I think that there are sane women that probably have their husbands around the house more than they'd like. And then there are those that wish their husbands were home more.
Freedom for women to be what they want to be will help complete the circle of freedom America has been striving for 200 years.
Speech at Great Cleveland International Women's Year Conference (excerpts) (1975)
We have come a long way, but we have a long way to go, and part of that distance is in our very own mind.
Speech at Great Cleveland International Women's Year Conference (excerpts) (1975)
Change, by its very nature, is threatening but it is also often productive. And the fight of women to become more productive, accepted human beings is important to all people of either sex and nationality.
Speech at Great Cleveland International Women's Year Conference (excerpts) (1975)
Well, I think a Congressional wife has to be a special kind of woman. I don't think that all women, really, can adjust to this type of life.
The most difficult moments were trying to pull my family through my cancer operation. I really had to pull them through, and to try to make them happy because they were so sad and upset.
Speech at the American Cancer Society (1975)