Sonia Johnson Quotes


We don't need someone to show us the ropes. We are the ones we've been waiting for. Deep inside us we know the feelings we need to guide us. Our task is to learn to trust our inner knowing.


Citations

Johnson, Sonia. Going Out of Our Minds: The Metaphysics of Liberation. Crossing Press, 1987.

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Sonia Johnson
Sonia Johnson
  • Born: February 27, 1936
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Feminist Activist Writer

Sonia Ann Johnson, is an American feminist activist and writer. She was an outspoken supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) and in the late 1970s was publicly critical of the position of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), of which she was a member, against the proposed amendment. She eventually was excommunicated from the church for her activities. She went on to publish several radical feminist books, ran for president in 1984, and become a popular feminist speaker.