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Sonia Johnson [1936-0] American

Rank: 105
Activist, Writer

Sonia Johnson is an American feminist activist and writer. She was an outspoken supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment and in the late 1970s was publicly critical of the position of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, of which she was a member, against the proposed amendment.

Change, Failure, Fear, History

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We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference, and that a small group of determined people can change the course of history.	Change, History	101
Women have to risk civil disobedience for their rights.		102
What we have most to fear is failure of the heart.	Failure, Fear	103
What we resist persists.		104
The mid-life crisis hits men harder than women.		105
I liked the name of the amendment. I couldn't help feeling uneasy that the church was opposing something with a name as beautiful as the Equal Rights Amendment.		106
It's only when we have nothing else to hold onto that we're willing to try something very audacious and scary.		107
I'm one of the few people in this world who can do anything I choose. I can't tell you how good I'm feeling.		108
A friend said to me, 'Be glad for your troubles - they strengthen you.' Well, if that's the truth, I'm going to be so strong they'll have to beat me to death!		109
I still feel Mormon. Those men in Salt Lake City can't decide who's Mormon and who isn't.		110
Obviously, the anti-ERA people are tickled about my ordeal because it proves that the ERA breaks up families. When they point out that feminism is a dangerous thing, I just say marriage is pretty precarious too.		111
I came from the most orthodox background you could ask for.		112
In our home we grew up thinking we were Mormons first and human beings second.		113

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