"The problem that has no name—which is simply the fact that American women are kept from growing to their full human capacities—is taking a far greater toll on the physical and mental health of our country than any known disease."

- Betty Friedan

"Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength."

- Betty Friedan

"Who knows what women can be when they are finally free to be themselves."

- Betty Friedan

"Chosen motherhood is the real liberation. The choice to have a child makes the whole experience of motherhood different, and the choice to be generative in other ways can at last be made, and is being made by many women now, without guilt."

- Betty Friedan