The Legacy and Activism of Gloria Steinem
Background:
Steinem's lifelong career as a writer and journalist began after college. A co-founder of New York magazine in 1968, Steinem was always active in a wide array of political and social causes. She became a major feminist leader in the late 1960s and in 1971 co-founded MS Magazine, where she served as contributing editor.
In 1971, she was a co-convener of the National Women's Political Caucus and in 1972, helped found the MS Foundation for Women, which raises funds to assist underprivileged girls and women. She is a founding member of the Coalition of Labor Union Women, and her books; Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions (1983) and Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem (1992) are best-sellers.
Steinem's lifelong activism has inspired women of all ages to fight for their rights, to take risks, and to defend the rights of others. Her writings form a lasting legacy of ideas and personal revelation that continues to inspire and inform.
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Gloria Marie Steinem (born March 25, 1934) is an American feminist, journalist, and social and political activist.
Rising to national prominence as a feminist leader in 1969, Steinem was a columnist at New York magazine in the 1960s and broke ground in 1963 with an investigative report of how the women of Playboy were treated, which was made into a 1985 movie, A Bunnys Tale. In the 1970s she became a leading political leader and one of the most important heads of the second-wave feminism, the womens rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s.
In 1971, Steinem, along with other feminist leaders (inc...
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