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Gloria Steinem (Gloria Marie Steinem)

Last Updated: 25 Mar, 2023 | Views: 650

Age: 90

Profession: Journalist

Other Profession(s): Essayist, Social Activist, Screen Writer

Famous For: Most Passionate Leaders And Spokeswomen Of The Women's Rights Movement

Higher Education: Smith College (BA)

Gloria Steinem Religion, Birthday, Age

Date of Birth

25 Mar, 1934 (90 Years 11 Months 19 Days)

Birth Country

United States

Birth State/Province

Ohio

Birth District

Toledo

Birth Sign

Aries

Religion

Jewish

Nationalities

American

Gloria Steinem Early life, Education, Career, Awards, Achievements, Controversy, Unknown Facts

About (Profile/Biography):
Gloria Marie Steinem is a journalist and social-political activist from the United States who rose to prominence as a national figurehead of second-wave feminism in the country in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Steinem co-founded Ms. magazine and wrote a column for New York magazine. In 1969, Steinem wrote an article titled "After Black Power, Women's Liberation," which established her as a leading feminist and gained her national notoriety. She was a founding member of the National Women's Political Caucus, which was established in 1971 to promote and train women running for elected and appointed positions in the government.

Career:
In 1950: Steinem served as a Chester Bowles Asian Fellow for two years in India.
In 1959: She organized the World Youth Festival for non-Communist American students.
In 1963: Steinem was serving as a Playboy Bunny at the New York Playboy Club when she was writing an article for Huntington Hartford's Show magazine.
In 1969: Her coverage for New York Magazine took place in a church basement in Greenwich Village, where she attended an abortion speak-out.
In 1973: As a member of Stewardesses for Women's Rights, she addressed the first national conference that was organized, which she supported for the remainder of its existence.

Achievements and Awards:
In 2013: Steinem got the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
In 2014: She was awarded the DVF Lifetime Leadership Award.
In 2015: Steinem was honored with the Library Lion award.

Unknown Facts:
Steinem appeared in the debut episode of Woman Alive!, a television series that Ms. created in partnership with public television in 1974. She co-founded Ms. magazine.
Steinem pledged to forego paying taxes in protest of the Vietnam War when she signed the "Writers and Editors War Tax Protest" pledge in 1968.