Quote of the day
Like stones rolling down hills, fair ideas reach their objectives despite all obstacles and barriers. It may be possible to speed or hinder them, but impossible to stop them.
Jessie Bernard

Born: June 8, 1903
Died: October 6, 1996 (aged 93)
Bio: Jessie Shirley Bernard was a sociologist and noted feminist scholar. She was a persistent forerunner of feminist thought in American sociology and her life's work is characterized as extraordinarily productive spanning several intellectual and political eras.
Known for:
- Future of parenthood (1972)
- Women, wives, mothers (1975)
- Women and the public interest (1971)
- The female world (1981)
- Jessie Bernard Reader