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Also known as Gloria Marie Steinem

American activist and journalist (born 1934)

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Gloria Marie Steinem is an American journalist, writer, reporter, and activist born in Toledo, Ohio, in 1934. She is associated with the feminism movement and has worked in the fields of essay, journalism, politics, and feminism. Steinem attended Smith College and is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, the National Women's Political Caucus, the Democratic Socialists of America, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Her archives are held at the Sophia Smith Collection.

She has received the National Women's Hall of Fame, the Princess of Asturias Award for Communications and Humanities, and the BBC 100 Women award. Steinem is married to David Bale. Among her published works are *Choice Words*, *Brass Notebook*, *Maririn*, *Beach Book*, and *Masaʻel meʻever la-milim*.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1934
Works
48

Top works

  • Masaʻel meʻever la-milim
  • Choice Words
  • Brass Notebook
  • Maririn
  • Beach Book

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Film & TV

Acting · Toledo, Ohio, USA

Gloria Marie Steinem (born March 25, 1934) is an American journalist and social-political activist who emerged as a nationally recognized leader of second-wave feminism in the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Known for

  • Becoming Katharine Graham — Self2025
  • Dear Ms.: A Revolution in Print — Self2025
  • Sally — Self (archive footage)2025
  • Periodical — Self2024
  • Becoming bell hooks — Self2024
  • Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge — Self2024
  • Red Fever — Self - Political Activist2024
  • For All Humankind — Self2023
  • Bella! — Self2023
  • Let the Canary Sing — Self - Ms. Magazine (archive footage)2023

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
United States
Active from
1934

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
277
Total plays
946

Gloria Marie Steinem (born March 25, 1934) is an American feminist icon, journalist and women's rights advocate. She is the founder and original publisher of Ms. magazine. Contents Early life Steinem was born in Toledo, Ohio. Her mother, Ruth Nuneviller, was of part German descent. Her Jewish-American father, Leo Steinem, was a traveling antiques dealer (with trailer and family in tow) and the son of immigrants from Germany and Poland.[1] The family split in 1944 <a href="https://www.last.fm/m

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Quotes

  • This is no simple reform. It really is a revolution. Sex and race, because they are easy, visible differences, have been the primary ways of organizing human beings into superior and inferior groups, and into the cheap labor on which this system still depends. We are talking about a society in which there will be no roles other than those chosen, or those earned. We are really talking about humanism.
  • Any woman who chooses to behave like a full human being should be warned that the armies of the status quo will treat her as something of a dirty joke. That's their natural and first weapon. She will need her sisterhood.
  • I have met brave women who are exploring the outer edge of human possibility, with no history to guide them, and the courage to make themselves vulnerable that I find moving beyond words.
  • Erotica is as different from pornography as love is from rape, as dignity is from humiliation, as partnership is from slavery, as pleasure is from pain.
  • Blatant or subtle, pornography involves no equal power or mutuality. In fact, much of the tension and drama comes from the clear idea that one person is dominating the other.
  • Whatever the gender of the participants, all pornography including male-male gay pornography is an imitation of the male-female, conqueror-victim paradigm, and almost all of it actually portrays or im-plies enslaved women and master.

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Encyclopedic overview

Gloria Marie Steinem (/ˈstaɪnəm/ STY-nəm; born March 25, 1934) is an American journalist and social-political activist who emerged as a nationally recognized leader of second-wave feminism in the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Steinem was a columnist for New York magazine and a co-founder of Ms. magazine. In 1969, Steinem published an article, "After Black Power, Women's Liberation," which brought her national attention and positioned her as a feminist leader. In 1971, she co-founded the National Women's Political Caucus which provides training and support for women who seek elected and appointed offices in government. Also in 1971, she co-founded the Women's Action Alliance which, until 1997, provided support to a network of feminist activists and worked to advance feminist causes and legislation. In the 1990s, Steinem helped establish Take Our Daughters to Work Day, an occasion for young girls to learn about future career opportunities. In 2005, Steinem, Jane Fonda, and Robin Morgan co-founded the Women's Media Center, an organization that "works to make women visible and powerful in the media."

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