I am not interested in women just because they’re women. I am interested, however, in seeing that they are no longer classed with children and minors.
Crystal Eastman Quotes
Until women learn to want economic independence, and until they work out a way to get this independence without denying themselves the joys of love and motherhood, it seems to me feminism has no roots.
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| Birth: | 25th June, 1881 |
| Death: | 8th July, 1928 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Feminist, Journalist, Lawyer |
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Crystal Catherine Eastman was born in Marlborough, Massachusetts. She was an American lawyer, feminist, socialist, and journalist. She graduated from Vassar College in 1903 and received an M.A. in sociology from Columbia University in 1904. Gaining her law degree from New York University Law School, she graduated second in the class of 1907. She is best remembered as a leader in the fight for women's suffrage, as a co-founder and co-editor with her brother Max Eastman of the radical arts and politics magazine The Liberator, co-founder of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, and co-founder in 1920 of the American Civil Liberties Union.
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