" We had come a long way from the pre-'Feminine Mystique' days, but the model I'd inherited of being a strong, independent woman left no space for needing to be loved. And as I tried to own this power, I discovered, as perhaps Jane did, that this trailblazing did nothing to supplant the need for companionship. In fact, it only made the search harder, and the need greater. "

― Becky Cooper , We Keep the Dead Close: A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence