Gloria Steinem - A Biography

Informationen zum Autor Patricia Cronin Marcello Klappentext Gloria Steinem represents second-wave American feminism. This new biography recounts her truly fascinating life, one that was remarkable even prior to her association with the feminist movement. Steinem was destined to succeed and showed extraordinary strength dealing with difficult family circumstances, a peripatetic upbringing, and financial straights that forced her as a teenager to support herself and her divorced, emotionally troubled mother. Brains and talent became her tickets to Smith College, travel, journalism, and worldwide fame as a feminist icon.Marcello's engaging narrative was written with Steinem's cooperation. New details and quotations are presented here for the first time. Students and others unfamiliar with Steinem's youth and pre- Ms. Magazine days will find much to respect in her character and achievements. Zusammenfassung Gloria Steinem represents second-wave American feminism. Steinem was destined to succeed and showed extraordinary strength dealing with difficult family circumstances! a peripatetic upbringing! and financial straights that forced her as a teenager to support herself and her divorced! emotionally troubled mother. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Foreword Introduction Timeline of Events in the Life of Gloria Steinem A Background for Leadership Life on the Road and in Toledo Salvation and Discovery On a New Track Life in India Freelancing in New York The Writing Life Pushing the Political Emerging as a Feminist A Grueling Life Cataclysm and Controversy Changes for a Better Life Selection of Works by Gloria Steinem Selected Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Patricia Cronin Marcello, Marcello Patricia Cronin
• Publisher: Abc Clio Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.03.2004
• EAN: 9780313325762
• ISBN: 978-0-313-32576-2
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Greenwood Biographies; Greenwood Biographies
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, Biography: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, Feminism & feminist theory, Feminism and feminist theory, Biography: philosophy and social sciences, Women's Studies