Quote of the day
It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.
Frances Fox Piven
Born: October 10, 1932 (age 92)
Bio: Frances Fox Piven is an American professor of political science and sociology at The Graduate Center, City University of New York, where she has taught since 1982.
Known for:
- Regulating the poor (1956)
- Poor people's movements (1977)
- Why Americans Still Don't Vote (1988)