End of
the Beginning
tired of the
I did not intend to write another book on the
woman question. I have already started a major
new quest that is taking me way beyond my
previous concerns， opening strange doors. I am
pragmatic， earthbound battles of the women s
movement， tired of rhetoric. I want to live the rest of my life.
But these past few years， fulfilling my professional and
p~litical commitments， and picking up the pieces of my per-
sonal life， for which the women s movement has been the
focus for nearly twenty years， I have been nagged by a new，
uneasy urgency that won t let me leave. Listening to my own
daughter and sons， and others of their generation whom I
meet， lecturing at universities or professional conferences or
feminist networks around the country and around the world，
I sense something off， out of focus， going wrong， in the terms
by which they are trying to live the equality we fought for.
From these daughters---getting older now， working so
hard， determined not to be trapped as their mothers were，
and expecting so much， taking for granted the opportunities
we had to struggle for--I ve begun to hear undertones of
pain and puzzlement， a queasiness， an uneasiness， almost a
bitterness that they hardly dare admit. As if with all those
opportunities that we won for them， and envy them， how can
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