Description

Gloria Steinem is a writer, lecturer, editor, and feminist activist. She travels in this and other countries as an organizer and lecturer and is a frequent media spokeswoman on issues of equality.

She is particularly interested in the shared origins of sex and race caste systems, gender roles, and child abuse as roots of violence; non-violent conflict resolution; the cultures of indigenous peoples; and organizing across boundaries for peace and justice.

Her books include the bestsellers Revolution From Within: A Book of Self-Esteem; Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions; Moving Beyond Words; and Marilyn: Norman Jean. Her writing also appears in many anthologies and textbooks, and she was an editor of The Reader’s Companion ot U.S. Women’s History.

She lives in New York City, and is at work on a book about her more than thirty years on the road as a feminist organizer, due out in 2015.