Gloria Steinem
"A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle."
~Gloria Steinem
Gloria Steinem is a well known and brilliant activist, writer, and editor. While she herself had once been a Playboy bunny, Gloria has always put herself at the forefront of almost all female rights debates. Gloria founded the Women's Action Alliance which helped promote equal rights and assist other women on projects sharing similar goals to further the rights of women. This program was later responsible for the opening of battered women shelters. In 1970, when the Senate was debating the Equal Right's amendment, Gloria was a featured speaker.
Gloria helped found New York Times Magazine where she wrote on politics and other featured issues. She also was co-founded the magazine Ms.She has wrote many different books over time on varying topics from Marilyn Monroe to U.S. women's history.
She has also made documentaries on pressing issues such as child abuse and the death penalty while she has had shows about her life on TV as well.
Gloria is one woman who has NEVER been afraid to speak her mind. She voiced her opinions on reproductive freedom for females and criticized pornography.
She did not limit herself to protesting for women's rights in the 1960's and1970's, but later went on to advocate for minority rights along side Corretta Scott King and Cesar Chavez. She urged for gay rights after Vietnam, pressed for the end of "cruelty, fraud, and waste" in animal testing, and spoke out against genital mutilation and female trafficking in other countries.
Gloria Steinem, although controversial in some of her beliefs, never let that stop her from saying what she thought and the need for change.
"The truth will set you free, but it will first piss you off"
~Gloria Steinem
Gloria Steinem is a well known and brilliant activist, writer, and editor. While she herself had once been a Playboy bunny, Gloria has always put herself at the forefront of almost all female rights debates. Gloria founded the Women's Action Alliance which helped promote equal rights and assist other women on projects sharing similar goals to further the rights of women. This program was later responsible for the opening of battered women shelters. In 1970, when the Senate was debating the Equal Right's amendment, Gloria was a featured speaker.
Gloria helped found New York Times Magazine where she wrote on politics and other featured issues. She also was co-founded the magazine Ms.She has wrote many different books over time on varying topics from Marilyn Monroe to U.S. women's history.
She has also made documentaries on pressing issues such as child abuse and the death penalty while she has had shows about her life on TV as well.
Gloria is one woman who has NEVER been afraid to speak her mind. She voiced her opinions on reproductive freedom for females and criticized pornography.
She did not limit herself to protesting for women's rights in the 1960's and1970's, but later went on to advocate for minority rights along side Corretta Scott King and Cesar Chavez. She urged for gay rights after Vietnam, pressed for the end of "cruelty, fraud, and waste" in animal testing, and spoke out against genital mutilation and female trafficking in other countries.
Gloria Steinem, although controversial in some of her beliefs, never let that stop her from saying what she thought and the need for change.
"The truth will set you free, but it will first piss you off"
~Gloria Steinem
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