24 Quotes by Crystal Eastman

I took a small flat for myself and the children ... My husband took a room in a clean rooming house within easy walking distance of his office. ... It is wonderful sometimes to be alone in the night and just know that someone loves you. In other moods you must have that lover in your arms. Marriage under two roofs makes room for moods.

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.

Two business women can ‘make a home’ together without either one being over-burdened or over-bored. It is because they both know how and both feel responsible. But it is a rare man who can marry one of them and continue the home-making partnership.

Life is a big battle for the complete feminist...

The average man has a carefully cultivated ignorance about household matters – from what to do with the crumbs to the grocer’s telephone number – a sort of cheerful inefficiency which protects him.

If the feminist program goes to pieces on the arrival of the first baby, it’s false and useless.