Gloria Steinem is remembered in public life for work that changed what came after it.
The record lists Gloria Steinem as American activist and journalist (born 1934).
Gloria Steinem was born at Toledo in 1934. Her recorded nationality is United States. She was educated at Smith College and Waite High School.
Twentieth-century politics was conducted under the shadow of two world wars, decolonisation and the Cold War, and broadcast to electorates that could watch it happen.
She is described as journalist, writer and reporter.
The test of a public life is what remained possible afterwards that had not been possible before.
Formal honours included the The Smith College Medal and Radcliffe Medal (2010).
That the career was made in United States is not incidental: the institutions available, the franchise, and the constraints of the moment all shaped what could be attempted.
Achievements
- The Smith College Medal
- Radcliffe Medal — 2010
- Educated at Smith College and Waite High School
