Gloria Steinem
Gloria Steinem
Gloria Marie Steinemis an American feminist, journalist, and social and political activist, who became nationally recognized as a leader and a spokeswoman for the feminist movement in the late 1960s and early 1970s...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth25 March 1934
CountryUnited States of America
success circles full-circle
To me, the model of success is not linear. Success is completing the full circle of yourself.
children influence economic
It's the biggest economic influence in a woman's life whether she can decide when and whether to have children or not.
imagination television tvs
The same big TV antenna dwarfed each roof, as though life here could only be bearable if lived elsewhere in the imagination.
four violence generations
One act of violence takes four generations to heal.
media diversity growth
It's obviously a great sign of growth and success that the media no longer try to embody the bigness and diversity of the women's movement in one person. Only a diverse group can symbolize a movement.
sex believe abortion
The belief that women should control our own bodies may be a majority belief, but the minority that believes otherwise is against not only safe and legal abortions but contraception and even sex education.
jobs home men
More women are becoming the men they wanted to marry, but too few men are becoming the women they wanted to marry. That leaves most women with two jobs, one outside the home and one in it ...
art men thinking
If the men in the room would only think how they would feel graduating with a 'spinster of arts' degree they would see how important this is.
children black-and-white woods
I'd like to be played as a child by Natalie Wood. I'd have some romantic scenes as Audrey Hepburn and have gritty black-and-white scenes as Patricia Neal.
support needs we-need-each-other
Human beings are communal beings and we can't exist or prosper by ourselves. We need each other's support.
doe rebel female
Only when women rebel against patriarchal standards does female muscle become more accepted.
spiritual peace men
I feel this is very much our spiritual and political duty to be part of every peace table, it has often been the case that citizenry -- women and men -- can make progress when it is not possible for the officials to be able to meet at that moment in time.
peace voyages impossible
We feel very celebratory and positive that we have created a voyage across the DMZ in peace and reconciliation that was said to be impossible.
men long brag
If men menstruated, they would brag about how much and for how long.