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  • Gloria Steinem Fast Facts | CNN

    Gloria Steinem Fast Facts | CNN



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    Here’s a look at the life of writer and activist Gloria Steinem.

    Birth date: March 25, 1934

    Birth place: Toledo, Ohio

    Birth name: Gloria Marie Steinem

    Father: Leo Steinem, an antique dealer

    Mother: Ruth (Nuneviller) Steinem

    Marriage: David Bale (2000-2003, his death)

    Education: Smith College, B.A., 1956

    Steinem’s paternal grandmother, Pauline Perlmutter Steinem, was the president of the Ohio Woman Suffrage Association.

    Breast cancer survivor.

    Did not spend a full year in school until age 12.

    1956-1958 – Lives in India on a Chester Bowles Fellowship.

    1960 – Moves to New York and begins working at Help! magazine.

    September 1, 1962 – One of her first feature articles is published by Esquire magazine.

    1963 – Works undercover as a “Bunny” at the Playboy Club in New York and then writes an exposé about the poor pay and working conditions.

    1968 – Helps found New York magazine, and begins writing features and political columns including, “The City Politic.”

    1969 – Begins writing and speaking about feminism after attending a meeting held by a women’s movement group that addressed the issue of abortion.

    May 6, 1970 – Testifies before the United States Senate in support of the Equal Rights Amendment.

    1971 – Co-founds the National Women’s Political Caucus, which works to increase the number of women in the political field.

    1972 – Co-founds Ms. Magazine, the first feminist magazine, and the first to be created and operated entirely by women.

    1973 – Co-founds the Ms. Foundation for Women.

    November 18-21, 1977 – Organizes and attends the National Women’s conference in Texas. The conference is the first to be backed by the US government, and its purpose was proposing recommendations for widespread gender equality.

    1983 – Steinem’s collection of essays “Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions” is published.

    1992 – Steinem’s book “Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem” is published.

    1992 – Co-founds Choice USA (now URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity), along with Julie Burton and Kristina Kiehl.

    April 22, 1993 – Celebrates the first “Take Our Daughters To Work Day,” an educational program created by the Ms. Foundation to give girls a voice and presence in the workplace.

    1993 – Inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame.

    January 12, 1993 – Co-produces the movie for television “Better off Dead” an examination of the parallels between abortion and the death penalty.

    1996 – Creates the Women and AIDS Fund with the Ms. Foundation to support women living with HIV/AIDS.

    2005 – Co-founds the Women’s Media Center with Jane Fonda and Robin Morgan.

    2006 – Steinem’s book “Doing Sixty & Seventy” is published.

    August 15, 2011 – The HBO documentary, “Gloria: In Her Own Words,” airs.

    2013 – Steinem is a subject in the PBS documentary, “Makers,” a project that aims to record the stories of women who “made America.”

    November 20, 2013 – Is awarded a Presidential Medal of Freedom by US President Barack Obama.

    October 19, 2015 – Pens an op-ed in The Guardian declaring her support for 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

    October 27, 2015 – Her memoir, “My Life on the Road,” is published.

    February 5, 2016 – Steinem makes a controversial comment on “Real Time with Bill Maher,” saying young women are supporting Senator Bernie Sanders in the presidential race because “the boys are with Bernie.” She later apologizes and claims her comment was misinterpreted.

    May 10, 2016 – Steinem’s television show “WOMAN” premieres on VICELAND.

    October 18, 2018 – The Off-Broadway production, “Gloria: A Life,” officially opens at the Daryl Roth Theatre.

    October 29, 2019 – Steinem’s book “The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off!” is published.

    June 15, 2020 – Steinem and S. Mona Sinha co-write a New York Times letter to the editor opposing the elimination of civil rights protections for transgender healthcare.

    September 30, 2020 – ”The Glorias,” a film is based on Steinem’s memoir “My Life on the Road,” premieres.

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  • Correction: Obit-Pitman Hughes story

    Correction: Obit-Pitman Hughes story

    In the obituary for feminist Dorothy Pitman Hughes published December 10, 2022, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Hughes co-founded Ms. Magazine with Gloria Steinem

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  • Finally – Feminists Groups Release a Letter in Support of Amber Heard

    Finally – Feminists Groups Release a Letter in Support of Amber Heard

    When the controversial Amber Heard v. Johnny Depp defamation trial went on air, it quickly became a public spectacle. Heard was found guilty of ruining Depp’s career though her 2018 Washington Post op-ed in which Heard identified herself as “a public figure representing domestic abuse.” Depp was awarded $15 million in damages and an unbelievable career comeback — the stuff of Hollywood dreams — a spot in the Fenty Fashion Show.

    Meanwhile, Heard was publicly humiliated and endlessly memed by social media and on TikTok. She posted a statement after the verdict warning against the impact her own trial could have on other women.

    But now — months later — a consortium of feminist organizations and prominent feminist individuals have penned a letter in support.

    “The vilification of Ms. Heard and ongoing online harassment of her and those who have voiced support for her have been unprecedented in both vitriol and scale. Much of this harassment was fueled by disinformation, misogyny, biphobia, and a monetized social media environment where a woman’s allegations of domestic violence and sexual assault were mocked for entertainment,” the letter reads.

    The letter was posted on AmberOpenLetter.com. It calls for any other supporters to sign the letter. Prominent figures like Gloria Steinem, over two dozen feminist organizations, as well as over 90 domestic violence experts and survivors’ advocates from around the world, and signed the letter.

    The goal of the letter isn’t merely to vindicate Heard, but it’s a letter of support for all victims of domestic abuse who feel silenced. And now more than ever may feel like they’ll be punished for speaking out.

    “In our opinion, the Depp v. Heard verdict and continued discourse around it indicate a fundamental misunderstanding of intimate partner and sexual violence and how survivors respond to it. The damaging consequences of the spread of this misinformation are incalculable. We have grave concerns about the rising misuse of defamation suits to threaten and silence survivors.”

    But why did it take so long for this public support?

    An anonymous spokesperson for the group behind the letter told NBC News that after the Heard v. Depp trial “individuals were afraid to speak out because they saw what was happening to the few who had.” The spokesperson was another victim of this harrassment. Hence, the anonymity of the letter.

    Kathy Spillar, the executive director of the Feminist Majority Foundation, told NBC News her organization signed the letter after it observed what she called a “growing backlash” against women who speak out against perpetrators of sexual assault, domestic violence and intimate partner violence. “If this can happen to Amber Heard, it will discourage other women from speaking up and even filing reports about domestic violence and sexual assault,” Spillar said.

    Heard supporters were not the only ones who were persecuted. Depp’s 23-year-old daughter — actress Lily-Rose Depp — recently spoke out in a November Elle cover story and all the hate messages she received.

    Depp fans aggressively called on Lily to support her father. However, she remained silent during the trial. “When it’s something that’s so private and so personal that all of a sudden becomes not so personal,” she told Elle. “I feel really entitled to my secret garden of thoughts … I also think that I’m not here to answer for anybody, and I feel like for a lot of my career, people have really wanted to define me by the men in my life, whether that’s my family members or my boyfriends, whatever.”

    “I’m not here to give myself to the world to be eaten alive,” a sentiment shared by many of the women implicated in the trial. Focused on her own career and stepping out of her parents’ shadow, Lily-Rose said, “I’m really ready to be defined for the things that I put out there.”

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  • Gloria Steinem and Radhika Jones in Conversation

    Gloria Steinem and Radhika Jones in Conversation

    After the Dobbs ruling and before the midterm elections, Gloria Steinem sat down with “another crazed magazine woman,” Vanity Fair editor in chief Radhika Jones, for a wide-ranging conversation on reproductive rights, Ms. magazine, and the upcoming elections.

    “In a real sense, if you don’t vote you don’t exist,” Steinem said, an especially meaningful reminder when the right to abortion is no longer federally guaranteed.

    Steinem, a contributing editor to the November issue of VF, has been an activist, organizer, and often the face of the women’s movement for over a half century, as well as a writer and founding editor of Ms. magazine, which celebrated its 50th anniversary this year. 

    As Steinem mentions to Jones in their conversation, she can never tell if it’s a good or bad thing that we’re still talking about reproductive rights well into the 21st century, but here we are regardless. “Either we make decisions over our own bodies or we’re not living in a democracy,” Steinem said. “It is fundamental. Women or men, we need to be able to decide the fate of our own bodies.” 

    Find more of Steinem’s words in the latest issue of Vanity Fair. She also helped the magazine connect to those across the country on the front line of the fight for reproductive rights. 

    “We need to make more trouble,” she said, by way of signing off.  

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  • Re-Enacted Portrait of Gloria Steinem and Dorothy Pitman Hughes in Iconic 1971 Pose of Female Empowerment and Equal Rights Taken by Daniel Bagan Accepted Into Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery Collection

    Re-Enacted Portrait of Gloria Steinem and Dorothy Pitman Hughes in Iconic 1971 Pose of Female Empowerment and Equal Rights Taken by Daniel Bagan Accepted Into Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery Collection

    The image of women, now in their 70s, side-by-side with fists raised in message of equal rights, resonates with power for a new generation

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    updated: Oct 17, 2017


    ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., October 17, 2017 (Newswire.com)
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    A re-enacted photographic portrait of Gloria Steinem and Dorothy Pitman Hughes in their iconic 1971 “raised fists” stance taken by St. Augustine photographer Daniel Bagan, added this month to the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery collection, gives new life to the significance and power of their historic statement of equal rights for women and blacks. More than 45 years since the original Dan Wynn image appeared in Esquire magazine, their message has not dimmed with age.

    The portrait will be displayed in the Museum of the City of New York’s exhibition Beyond Suffrage: A Century of New York Women in Politics, which opened on Oct. 10, 2017. It was unveiled on Oct. 9 at the Thomas G. Carpenter Library at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, Florida, where Pitman Hughes lives and continues her activism.

    The symbolism of a black and white woman standing together, demonstrating the black power salute is as important now as it was in the 70s.

    Dorothy Pitman Hughes, Feminist, Child Welfare Advocate and African-American Activist

    For Pitman Hughes and Steinem, the new portrait featuring the defiant black power salute again helps open up a dialogue on sexism and racism that is still vitally needed today, while demonstrating their continued hope for positive change.

    “We must have difficult conversations, and it’s also important to talk about the learning, growing, friendship and joy that come from having them,” said Steinem. “So it’s important to say that in real life, neither Dorothy nor I would give up — or be the same without — our near half-century of shared hopes, differences, laughter, and friendship.”

    The partnership between Steinem and Pitman Hughes began in the early 1970s as the pair took to the podium to discuss the importance of intersectional feminism. Together they founded Ms. Magazine and the Women’s Action Alliance. Decades later, the impact of their partnership has not waned. Steinem and Pitman Hughes remain an inspiration to activists across the country as they continue to push for racial and gender equality.

    “The symbolism of a black and white woman standing together, demonstrating the black power salute is as important now as it was in the 70s,” said Pitman Hughes. “A hundred years of the suffrage movement has not eliminated racism, classism and sexism. Black women and white women can make this change together, but not until we acknowledge and resolve the racism problem that stands between us.”

    They have struck their side-by-side, raised fists pose many times over the years. But this new portrait’s photographer, Daniel Bagan said the moment was right to re-capture their symbolism.

    “The women were dynamically engaged in their iconic stance, and the result was inspiring,” said Bagan. “Even decades later, their power and beauty show no sign of age, just wisdom reflected in their soft smiles.”

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    About Daniel Bagan

    Bagan, based in St. Augustine, Florida, has also launched the “Age of Beauty Project” creating portraits of women between the ages of 50-100. The new Steinem-Pitman Hughes portrait inspired the project, and he shares the proceeds from the sale of their image in support of Pitman Hughes’ continued activism. The project will produce a book titled “Age Of Beauty,” a social commentary on beauty and age. Bagan speaks with women over 50 almost every day, and many say they feel invisible, that they no longer see themselves as beautiful. Bagan hopes the exhibition of his portraits shows that real beauty transcends Madison Avenue’s definition of thin, smooth and young. To learn more and see his work, including acquiring prints of the Steinem-Pitman Hughes portrait, visit: http://www.bagan.photography.

    Media contact: Daniel Bagan  | (904) 806-6967 | dan@bagan.me

    Source: Bagan Photography

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