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Gloria Steinem

Gloria Steinem. By Sean Santerre. Now. Young. Early Life. Born in Toledo, Ohio on March 25, 1934 Lived and Traveled in a trailer that her father used for his work as a traveling antiques dealer Mother and Father divorced in 1944 and she continued to live with her mother

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Gloria Steinem

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  1. Gloria Steinem By Sean Santerre

  2. Now Young

  3. Early Life Born in Toledo, Ohio on March 25, 1934 Lived and Traveled in a trailer that her father used for his work as a traveling antiques dealer Mother and Father divorced in 1944 and she continued to live with her mother Her mother could not keep a job and often hated the working women Attended Waite High School in Toledo and Western High School in Washington D.C.

  4. Early Life Attended Smith College Late 1950s she spent two years in India as a Chester Bowles Asian Fellow Served as a director of the Independent Research Service that worked under the CIA Worked to send non-Communist American students to the 1959 World Youth Festival 1960- Hired by Warren Publishing as the first employee of “Help!” magazine

  5. Context Steinem fought for the Equal Rights Amendment in 1970 Fought for many other laws and social reforms that promoted equality between both women and men Wanted to strike down many sex discriminatory sex laws that gave men superior rights in marriage and denied women equal economic opportunities

  6. Action • Founded many groups such as: • Women’s Action Alliance • Coalition of Labor Union Women • Ms. Foundation for Women • Choice USA • Women’s Media Center

  7. Action Presented her impassioned Senate testimony in favor of the Equal Rights Amendment in 1970 Essay on a utopia of equality – “What It Would Be Like If Women Win” in Time Magazine 1970- led the New York City march of the nation-wide Women’s Strike for Equality Appeared on news shows, television talk shows, and on the covers of newspapers and magazines such as Newsweek, Time, etc…

  8. Quote • “The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn.” • Inequality between men and women • Need to restructure the way society and the minds of the people have viewed women for many years • Female oppression is a part of America’s cultural history

  9. Legacy Nationally recognized American Feminist, journalist and social and political activist Recognized as the leader and icon of the women’s liberation movement in the late 1960s and 1970s Attracted many new modern Feminist such as Betty Friedan and allowed for feminist action Inspiration to women everywhere as the leading media spokeswoman for the woman’s liberation movement

  10. Works Cited "Gloria Steinem." The Official Website of Author and Activist. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Mar. 2014. "Gloria Steinem." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 03 Mar. 2014. Web. 05 Mar. 2014.

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