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My Take
Gloria Steinem is one of those figures who genuinely bent the arc of a culture. Out of Toledo and Smith College, she became the recognizable face of second-wave feminism, co-founded Ms. magazine, and put women's voices at the center of American public life. The Hall of Fame inductions and the Princess of Asturias Award only formalize what was already obvious. What I most admire is that she persuaded rather than merely shouted, using journalism and patient organizing to change minds, not just headlines. Decades on, still upright and uncompromising, she stands as my reminder of what it actually looks like to move a society forward.
Overview
Gloria Marie Steinem ( STY-nəm; born March 25, 1934) is an American journalist and social-political activist who emerged as a nationally recognized leader of second-wave feminism in the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Steinem was a columnist for New York magazine and a co-founder of Ms. magazine.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Gloria Steinem
- Name (Japanese)
- グロリア・スタイネム
- Reading
- ぐろりあ・すたいねむ
- Born
- March 25, 1934 (age 92)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Dog
- Origin
- Toledo, Ohio, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- journalist / writer / reporter / activist / essayist
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Waite High School
- University
- Smith College
Awards & achievements
- 2012 Humanist of the Year
- 1993 National Women's Hall of Fame
- Library of Congress Living Legend
- 1983 Ohio Women's Hall of Fame
- 1980 Women's Caucus for Art Lifetime Achievement Award
- The Smith College Medal
- 2021 Princess of Asturias Award for Communications and Humanities
- 2010 Radcliffe Medal
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.