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- NAME: Gloria Steinem
- OCCUPATION: Women's Rights Activist, Journalist
- BIRTH DATE: March 25, 1934 (Age: 79)
- EDUCATION: Smith College
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Toledo, Ohio
- ZODIAC SIGN: Aries
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Social activist, writer, editor, and lecturer Gloria Steinem has been an outspoken champion of women's rights since the late 1960s.
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton - Pioneer for Woman's Suffrage (1:14)
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Gloria Steinem - Women's Liberation
Watch a short video about Gloria Steinem and uncover what this journalist did to fight for women's rights.
Gloria Steinem - A Changed Life
Gloria Steinhem is a key figure in the woman's movement and feminism. Her writing has helped change the lives of women around the world. Video courtesy of Open Road Media.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton - Pioneer for Woman's Suffrage
Watch a short video about Elizabeth Cady Stanton and how she influenced a generation of women suffragettes, including Susan B. Anthony.
Susan B. Anthony - Mini Biography
Susan B. Anthony was a prominent women's rights activist in 19th century America who initiated the women's suffrage movement. She was active in the anti-slavery movement before the Civil War.
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Play NowGloria Steinem. (2013). The Biography Channel website. Retrieved 01:22, May 24, 2013, from http://www.biography.com/people/gloria-steinem-9493491.
Gloria Steinem. [Internet]. 2013. The Biography Channel website. Available from: http://www.biography.com/people/gloria-steinem-9493491 [Accessed 24 May 2013].
"Gloria Steinem." 2013. The Biography Channel website. May 24 2013, 01:22 http://www.biography.com/people/gloria-steinem-9493491.
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Gloria Steinem, http://www.biography.com/people/gloria-steinem-9493491 (last visited May 24, 2013).
Gloria Steinem. The Biography Channel website. 2013. Available at: http://www.biography.com/people/gloria-steinem-9493491. Accessed May 24, 2013.
The truth is that women can't be equal outside the home until men are equal in it," Steinem told the New York Daily News.
Steinem continues to work for social justice. As she recently said, "The idea of retiring is as foreign to me as the idea of hunting."
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