Today is the birthday of a cherished role model for many women: Gloria Steinem. Here is what Garrison Keillor had to say about her in today’s Almanac . . . Its the birthday of the feminist writer and activist who said, A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle: Gloria Steinem (books by this author), born in Toledo, Ohio (1934). Her father was an antique dealer and a summer resort operator who traveled all over the country in a trailer, looking for new business ventures. Steinem said, He was always going to make a movie, or cut a record, or start a new hotel, or come up with a new orange drink. She traveled around the country with her father, never attending school, until her parents separated, and she moved in with her mother, who suffered a mental break down. Steinem said, [My mother was] an invalid who lay in bed with eyes closed and lips moving in occasional response to voices only she could hear; a woman to whom I brought an endless stream of toast and coffee, bologna sandwiches, and dime pies. Steinem had poor grades in school, but she managed to get into Smith based entirely on her entrance examinations. After college, she went to work as a journalist and made her name with a piece called I was a Playboy Bunny (1963), about working undercover at Hugh Hefners Playboy Club in midtown Manhattan. She went on to found Ms. magazine, devoted to womens issues, in 1972. It sold out its first print run of 300,000 copies in eight days. Steinem has written several books about the inequities women face in the modern world, including Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions (1983) and Revolution from Within (1992). Gloria Steinem said, Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I dont feel I should be doing something else.
Posted on: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 00:51:39 +0000
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