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Gloria Steinem is a radical feminist and a woman’s rights leader who is known throughout the world. She started the Women’s Media Program and Ms. Magazine. Currently, she is a writer and journalist for New York Magazine, creating editorials about politics and media affairs. Ms. Steinem became famous in the 1960s and 70s during the second wave of feminism. She has been known as “the” feminist leader since 1969 when she published articles about abortion rights and women’s liberation. She received many awards and honors during this time period. She earned her first Doctorate of Human Justice at Simmons College. Gloria also won the National Gay Rights Advocates Award, the Bill of Rights Award from the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, the Ceres Medal from the United Nations, the Liberty award of the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund and a number of honorary degrees. Steinem is a very impressive woman who continues to contribute to society today.

Growing up, Gloria traveled extensively because of her father’s line of work. Her mother become mentally ill, so Gloria’s father divorced her mother. Gloria continued to live with her mother in Toledo although her mother couldn’t hold a job. Gloria thought this was because people were close-minded toward working women. The doctors that treated her mother’s illness were indifferent towards her, leading Steinem to believe that it was because of their hostility toward women. During this time, women who worked were the exception and not the norm.

In the 1940s and 1950s, women who were very serious about their careers didn’t get married. Women, who worked before they were married, would then be expected give up their careers after marriage to care for their husban...

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...but also the world socially and politically. More women are now running for congress and even the president with Gloria’s support. It’s now a woman's right to choose how she lives. We no longer live in a male dominant world and I believe it is all because of Gloria Steinem.

Even in her old age she still continues to make a difference by being in films and voicing her opinions. For example, she has shared her point of view on recent topics like Miley Cyrus’s provocative music videos. Steinem represents herself as a radical feminist, but is modest when it comes to her accomplishments. She is a role model for women around the world. Reading her articles and interviews has inspired me to strive for better grades. I know the future is mine to decide, not societies. I can do anything and have any career I want due to all the hard work of feminists like Gloria Steinem.