Gloria Steinem

Maura Wandling

Early Life

Career

Later Life

Accomplishments

Contributions

Quotes

Key Terms

Review Questions

Works Cited

Early Life

• Born March 25, 1934 in Toledo, Ohio• Ruth and Leo Steinem• Traveling Antiques Dealer• Mother had a nervous breakdown• Parents divorced in 1944• Went to Waite High School in Toledo But graduated from

Western High School in Washington D.C.• Went to Smith College• Studied in India for two years after college

Career

• Feminist, journalist, freelance writer, author and social and political activist

• Spoke out for feminism• Called for action in the women’s movement• Worked as director of the Independent Research

Service, funded by the CIA • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHVcHXuBEo8&

feature=related

Career

• 1960, first employee of Help! Magazine, hired by Warren Publishing

• Wrote an article for Esquire Magazine • 1963, wrote an article for Show Magazine • 1968, Became a columnist for New York Magazine• 1972, Co-founded Ms. Magazine, a feminist

magazine, focusing on women’s issues– Questioned by many, however, was largely popular

Later Life

• Continues to be involved in politics and in the media • Diagnosed with breast cancer in 1986• Beat breast cancer with treatment• Married environmental and animal rights activist,

David Bale (Father of actor, Christian Bale) in 2000• Something she insisted she would never do • Not a long marriage, Bale died of brain cancer in

2003

Accomplishments

• Co-Founded Ms. Magazine and Women’s Media Center• Documentary

– Gloria: In Her Own Words– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5ke2Adqqr4– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2cqVYlWYCs

• Books– The Thousand Indias (1957)– The Beach Book (1963)– Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions (1983)– Marilyn: Norma Jean (1986)– Revolution from Within (1992)– Moving beyond Words (1993)– Doing Sixty & Seventy (2006

Contributions

• Political– Influential figure in politics since the1960s– Involved in political campaigns including the 1968, 1972, 2004, and

2008 presidential campaigns– 1968 Presidential Campaign: Pro Civil Rights but Anti Vietnam War,

Supported George McGovern– 1972 Presidential Campaign: Women’s Movement, Supported George

McGovern– 2004 Presidential Campaign: Women’s Equality and Reproductive

Freedom, Against George Bush– 2008 Presidential Campaign: Supported Barack Obama and Hillary

Clinton because of their feminist beliefs

Contributions• Social– “Radical Feminist”– Led the way for feminists– Broke many barriers– Made “reproductive freedom” widely known– Raised awareness for support for same-sex marriage– Works closely with and supports many groups that

shared her beliefs: • Women's Media Center• Ms. Magazine• Equality Now• Choice USA• Ms. Foundation for Women

Contributions

• Social (continued)– National Women's Political Caucus– Planned Parenthood Action Fund– First Peoples Worldwide– Spelman College Women's Research and Resource Center– Sophia Smith Collection– Bella Abzug Institute– Feminist.com

• Cultural– Challenged many stereotypes– Helped women and minorities around the world– Opposed the wars in Vietnam and the Middle East

Quotes

• “Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry.” • “Clearly no one knows what leadership has gone undiscovered

in women of all races, and in black and other minority men.”• “A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.”• “I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine

marriage and a career.”• “The future depends entirely on what each of us does every day;

a movement is only people moving.” • “America is an enormous frosted cupcake in the middle of

millions of starving people.”• “Most American children suffer too much mother and too little

father.”

Key Terms

• Feminist- advocating social, political, legal, and economic rights for women equal to those of men.

• Ms. Magazine- an American liberal feminist magazine co-founded by American feminist and activist Gloria Steinem,

• Help! Magazine- an American satire magazine published by James Warren from 1960-1965.

• New York Magazine- New York is a weekly magazine principally concerned with the life, culture, politics, and style of New York City.

• Women’s Media Center- a nonprofit women’s organization in the United States founded in 2005 by writers/activists Jane Fonda, Robin Morgan, and Gloria Steinem.

Review Questions

• For which magazine did Steinem first work for?a) Help! Magazine

b) Seventeen Magazine

c) Esquire Magazine

d) Show Magazine

e) People Magazine

Review Questions

• Steinem went undercover as a Playboy Bunny for which magazine?a) Playboy

b) Ms. Magazine

c) Show Magazine

d) Esquire Magazine

e) The NY Times

Review Questions

• Steinem was involved in which presidential campaigns? a) 1972

b) 2004

c) 2008

d) 1968

e) All of the Above

Review Questions

• Which presidents and presidential candidates did Steinem support for their feminist support?a) President Bush

b) President Obama

c) President Nixon

d) Hillary Clinton

e) B and C

Review Questions

• Which causes did Steinem support? (More than one answer)a) Reproductive Freedom

b) Abortion Laws

c) Same-Sex Marriage

d) Women’s Rights

e) Feminism

Works Cited

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Steinem• http://

www.biography.com/people/gloria-steinem-9493491?page=1

• http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/g/gloria_steinem.html

• http://www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/whm/bio/steinem_g.htm

• http://www.gloriasteinem.com/