Marge Piercy Quotes
Never doubt that you can change history. You already have.
Piercy, Marge. Woman on the Edge of Time. Knopf, 1976, p. 97.
When earlier that year, Charles Darwin had published his, "On the Origin of Species". For many, the new ideas undermined the role of God. For some thinkers, the thesis of evolution as then promulgated was discouraging in that it undermined the role of man in creating change—–especially reform and progressive change. Herzen, however correctly perceived that the two were quite compatiable.
Marge Piercy is an American progressive activist and writer. Her work includes Woman on the Edge of Time; He, She and It, which won the 1993 Arthur C. Clarke Award; and Gone to Soldiers, a New York Times Best Seller and a sweeping historical novel set during World War II. Piercy's work is rooted in her Jewish heritage, Communist social and political activism, and feminist ideals.