1. Gloria Steinem
Maura Wandling

2. Early Life Career Later Life Accomplishments Contributions Quotes Key Terms Review Questions Works Cited

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

7. 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

8. Accomplishments Co-Founded Ms. Magazine and Women’s Media Center
Documentary
Gloria: In Her Own Words
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

9. 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

10. 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

11. Contributions Social (continued) Cultural
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

12. 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.”

13. 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
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.

14. Review Questions For which magazine did Steinem first work for?
Help! Magazine
Seventeen Magazine
Esquire Magazine
Show Magazine
People Magazine

15. Review Questions
Steinem went undercover as a Playboy Bunny for which magazine?
Playboy
Ms. Magazine
Show Magazine
Esquire Magazine
The NY Times

16. Review Questions Steinem was involved in which presidential campaigns?
1972
2004
2008
1968
All of the Above

17. Review Questions
Which presidents and presidential candidates did Steinem support for their feminist support?
President Bush
President Obama
President Nixon
Hillary Clinton
B and C

18. Review Questions
Which causes did Steinem support? (More than one answer)
Reproductive Freedom
Abortion Laws
Same-Sex Marriage
Women’s Rights
Feminism

19. Works Cited http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Steinem