Quotation by Gloria Steinem

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New York Times (August 26, 1971)New York Times (Aug. 26, 1971)as quoted in Crazy Salad by Nora Ephron (1972)as quoted in Movers and Shakers by June Sochem (1973)as quoted in Ms. magazine (October 1972)

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A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.

Gloria Steinem

Gloria Steinem (b. 1934), U.S. feminist writer. Attributed.

Although the quote is generally attributed to Steinem, there is evidence that the words were current as a graffito in the 1970s, in the form, "A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle."

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