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Sally Kempton

  • I became a feminist as an alternative to becoming a masochist.

    • Sally Kempton,
    • "Cutting Loose," in Esquire ()
  • ... women are the true maintenance class. Society is built upon their acquiescence, and upon their small and necessary labors.

    • Sally Kempton,
    • "Cutting Loose," in Esquire ()
  • It is hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head.

    • Sally Kempton,
    • "Cutting Loose," in Esquire ()
  • Men define intelligence, men define usefulness, men tell us what is beautiful, men even tell us what is womanly.

    • Sally Kempton,
    • "Cutting Loose," in Esquire ()

Sally Kempton, U.S. writer

(1943)