Gloria Marie Steinem is an American journalist, cofounder of Ms. magazine, and political activist nationally recognized as a leader of the feminist movement.
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In the half-century since I wrote the essay below, as part of a cover story on “The Politics of Sex,” there has been some definite progress. “Women’s issues” are no longer in a silo but are understood as fundamental to everything.
After fifty years, Gloria Steinem is still at the forefront of the feminist cause.
If I had to pick a couple of myths about the women’s movement that are most wrong, I think two might be tied for worst place. One is that this movement—also known as women’s liberation, feminism, womanism, mujerista!, grrrls and more—is only for white middle-class women.
Michele Moses on the evolution of Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day and its shift from being a feminist event to one that emphasizes inclusion.
Before watching Mrs. America, get familiar with the iconic feminist’s writing and political involvement in the ’60s and ’70s.
For decades, Gloria Steinem has led a social revolution against injustice. In Revolution from Within, she sets out to restore the authority and self-confidence that such injustice has undermined.
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This feminist classic (first published in 1982) presents a chorus of voices exploring their authentic spirituality. The essays are active rather than reactive, revolutionary rather than reformist, and express a broad political awareness.
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