Steinem, Gloria, 1934-
Variant namesGloria Steinem, late 1960's
Gloria Steinem was born on March 25, 1934 in Toledo, Ohio to Leo Steinem and Ruth Nuneviller Steinem, the second of their two children (Suzanne Steinem was born in 1925). She grew up in Toledo and Clark Lake, Michigan, where the family ran a summer resort. Leo and Ruth divorced in 1945, and, with Suzanne away at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, eleven-year-old Gloria assumed responsibility for the care of her mother, who was increasingly vulnerable to mental illness. For a short time Gloria lived with Suzanne, by that time employed in Washington, D.C., completing her senior year at Western High School in Georgetown.
In 1952, Steinem followed Suzanne to Smith College. After her 1956 graduation, Steinem received a Chester Bowles post-graduate fellowship to spend two years studying and writing in India, where she absorbed grass roots organizing skills from followers of Gandhi. In 1960 she moved to New York City where she worked for Help! magazine and wrote freelance for Life, Esquire, Glamour, and many other newspapers and magazines. Steinem co-founded New York magazine in 1968 and served as its political columnist until 1972. She was active in various civil rights and peace campaigns in the 1960s and 70s, including United Farmworkers, Vietnam War Tax Protest, and Committee for the Legal Defense of Angela Davis. She also participated in the political campaigns of Adlai Stevenson, Robert Kennedy, Shirley Chisholm, and many others.
Steinem came to the Women's Movement in 1969, after she attended a meeting of the Redstockings during which women shared their experiences with abortion. Her consciousness raised, she began speaking to audiences across the country, often paired with African-American activist Dorothy Pitman Hughes, and later Florynce Kennedy and Margaret Sloan. In 1971, Steinem, with others, founded Ms. magazine, and since that time, Steinem has devoted her career to writing, editing, fund-raising, and publicity on behalf of Ms, its allied organizations (e.g. the Ms. Foundation for Women, the Free to Be Foundation) and the women's movement more generally. A collection of her Ms. articles and other work was published in a best selling book, Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions (1983). She published Marilyn in 1986, Revolution from Within in 1992, and Moving Beyond Words in 1994. In 1986, Steinem became a contributing correspondent for the Today Show, doing interviews and features. Other organizing activities include the founding of the Ms. Foundation for Women, The National Women's Political Caucus, Voters for Choice, The Women's Action Alliance, and the Coalition of Labor Union Women. She has lectured extensively and received numerous writing awards, including the Front Page, Clarion, and Penney- Missouri journalism awards. Bloomfield College, Simmons College, Smith College, the University of Toledo, and Hobart and William Smith College have awarded Steinem honorary degrees.
Two book-length biographies of Steinem have appeared to date: Carolyn Heilbrun, The Education of a Woman: The Life of Gloria Steinem (1995); and Sydney Stern, Gloria Steinem: Her Passions, Politics and Mystique (1997).
From the guide to the Gloria Steinem Papers MS 237., 1940 - 2000 [ongoing], (Sophia Smith Collection)
Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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referencedIn | Letty Cottin Pogrebin Papers MS 294., 1955-2011 (ongoing) | Sophia Smith Collection | |
contributorOf | 10/02/1977 - Joint Speech w/ GMS (Gloria Steinem) California Dental Association, San Francisco, [Not yet open but can be added to the Review Queue] | Gerald R. Ford Library | |
creatorOf | Gloria Steinem Papers MS 237., 1940 - 2000 [ongoing] | Sophia Smith Collection | |
referencedIn | Steinem, Gloria EDX 25 | National Archives at College Park | |
referencedIn | Amy Richards Papers MS 702., 1995-2012 | Sophia Smith Collection | |
referencedIn | Dori Jacobson's Women's Rights Portfolio MS 279., 1977-1986 | Sophia Smith Collection | |
referencedIn | Additional records, 1972-1985 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Robin Morgan papers, 1940s-2010 and undated, bulk 1970-2000 | David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library | |
referencedIn | Oral History Interviews of the Women's Action Organization, 1974-1977 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Records of Temporary Committees, Commissions, and Boards. 1893 - 2008. Photographs of Meetings, Activities, and the National Women's Conference | National Archives at College Park | |
contributorOf | NEW YORK, NEW YORK INTERVIEW GLORIA STEINEM | National Archives at College Park | |
referencedIn | Voices of Feminism Oral History Project MS 535., 1990-2006 | Sophia Smith Collection | |
referencedIn | Photographs Used to Illustrate the Report, "Spirit of Houston: The First National Women's Conference", 1977 - 1978 | National Archives at College Park | |
referencedIn | Phyllis Rosser Papers MS 297., 1976-2009 (ongoing) | Sophia Smith Collection | |
referencedIn | Arthur Unger collection of recorded interviews [sound recording] | The New York Public Library. Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound. | |
referencedIn | [Videotape collection] [videorecording], 1984-1990 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | J. Walter Thompson Company. Iconographic Collection, 1848-2005 and undated | David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library | |
referencedIn | Women's Action Alliance Records MS 363., 1970 - 1996 | Sophia Smith Collection | |
referencedIn | Ms. Foundation For Women Records MS 583., 1973-2008 | Sophia Smith Collection | |
referencedIn | Papers, 1908-1985 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Maren Lockwood Carden papers, 1969-1979 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Papers, (inclusive), (bulk), 1955-1990, 1972-1990 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Women's Liberation Collection MS 408., 1959-2006, 1966-78 | Sophia Smith Collection | |
referencedIn | Records of, Sojourner, (inclusive), (bulk), 1920-2004, 1975-2002 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Papers, (inclusive), (bulk), 1893-1983, 1943-1983 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Records of the National Organization for Women, 1959-2002 (inclusive), 1966-1998 (bulk) | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Slide Presentation, ca. 1975 - ca. 1978 | National Archives at College Park | |
referencedIn | Victoria Ocampo papers, 1908-1979. | Houghton Library | |
referencedIn | Papers of NOW officers, 1969-1976 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Photographs, ca. 1969-1985 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Gloria Steinem | National Archives at College Park | |
referencedIn | Focus on Women. Videotapes, 1983-1993 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | National Organization for Women: New York City Chapter Records | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
referencedIn | Democratic Socialists of America Audiocassette Collection, 1976-1996 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
referencedIn | Papers of Florynce Kennedy, (inclusive), (bulk), 1915-2004, 1947-1993 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Voters for Choice Records MS 461., 1977-2002 (ongoing) | Sophia Smith Collection | |
referencedIn | Papers of Gerda Lerner, 1924-2006 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | General Records of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. 1931 - 2003. Main Photographic Print File of the Department of Housing and Urban Development | National Archives at College Park | |
referencedIn | Guide to the Daily Worker and Daily World Photographs Collection, 1920-2001 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
contributorOf | 10/03/1977 - Joint Speech with Gloria Steinem, College of Marin, [Not yet open but can be added to the Review Queue] | Gerald R. Ford Library | |
contributorOf | CAMPAIGN 72--DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION | National Archives at College Park | |
referencedIn | Harvard Law School Forums Records | Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138 | |
referencedIn | New York Times Company records. A.M. Rosenthal papers, 1955-1994, 1967-1986 | New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division | |
referencedIn | Phyllis Chesler Papers, 1968-1990 | David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library | |
referencedIn | East, Catherine Shipe. Papers of Catherine Shipe East. 1941-1995 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | David Dinkins Papers, 1941-2001, [Bulk Dates: 1985-1993]. | Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library | |
referencedIn | National Organization for Women. Videotape collection of the National Organization for Women. 1977-1988. | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Woman Alive! Videotapes and program books, 1974-1977 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | She's Nobody's Baby collection, 1980-1987 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America |
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associatedWith | 9 to 5: National Association of Working Women (U.S.) | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Abzug, Bella S., 1920- | person |
associatedWith | BARBARA DEMING, 1917-1984 | person |
associatedWith | Carden, Maren Lockwood | person |
associatedWith | Catherine East, 1916-1996 | person |
associatedWith | Chesler, Phyllis | person |
associatedWith | Communist Party of the United States of America. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Democratic Party (U.S.) | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Democratic Socialists of America. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Diana Mara Henry | person |
associatedWith | Dinkins, David N. | person |
associatedWith | Feigen, Brenda | person |
associatedWith | Fonda, Jane, 1937- | person |
associatedWith | Frances Arick Kolb | person |
associatedWith | Galbraith, John Kenneth, 1908- | person |
correspondedWith | GERDA LERNER, 1920- | person |
correspondedWith | Harvard Law School Forum | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Hughes, Dorothy Pitman | person |
associatedWith | Jacobson, Dori | person |
associatedWith | Jacqueline Bernard | person |
associatedWith | J. Walter Thompson Company. | corporateBody |
correspondedWith | Kennedy, Florynce | person |
associatedWith | Kennedy, Florynce, 1916- | person |
associatedWith | Millett, Kate | person |
associatedWith | Monroe, Marilyn, 1926-1962 | person |
associatedWith | Mordeca Jane Pollock, 1941- | person |
associatedWith | Morgan, Robin | person |
associatedWith | Ms. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Ms. Foundation for Women | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Ms. Foundation for Women (U. S.) | person |
associatedWith | National Abortion Rights Action League | corporateBody |
associatedWith | National Organization for Women | corporateBody |
associatedWith | National Organization for Women | person |
associatedWith | National Organization for Women. New York City. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | National Women's Political Caucus | corporateBody |
associatedWith | New York journal title | corporateBody |
associatedWith | NOW Legal Defense & Education Fund | corporateBody |
correspondedWith | Ocampo, Victoria, 1891- | person |
associatedWith | Pogrebin, Letty Cottin | person |
associatedWith | Richards, Amy, 1970- | person |
associatedWith | Rosenthal, A. M. (Abraham Michael), 1922-2006 | person |
associatedWith | Rosser, Phyllis | person |
alumnusOrAlumnaOf | Smith College | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Sojourner (Cambridge, Mass.) | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Unger, Arthur | person |
associatedWith | Voters for Choice | family |
associatedWith | Voters for Choice (Washington, D.C.) | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Women's Action Alliance | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Women's Action Organization | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Women USA (New York, N.Y.) | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Wonder Woman Foundation | corporateBody |
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Women journalists |
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Birth 1934-03-25
Americans
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