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.
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