Gloria Steinem: A Biography

by Patricia Cronin Marcello

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.

Genres: Nonfiction

200 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

Pat Marcello is a professional writer with 10 books published through major American publishers. Her forte is biography, and she had written about such luminaries as the Dalai Lama, Gloria Steinem, Ralph Nader, and Mohandas Gandhi, among others.

Over the past nine years, Pat has been writing for the Web, and is a known expert in the field of search engine optimization (SEO). She writes daily in her blog at http://www.theSEONewsBlog.com, which won the Cision award as #17 in the top 100 blogs of 2012 in the category of Internet marketing, social media and SEO.

Though she hails from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pat now lives in Florida with her husband, daughter, and her two cats, Fitz and Blue.

Reviews

[Michelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

Perhaps best known as one of the leaders of the second wave of feminism - this book explains what led Steinem to champion women's rights, especially through her journalism and interest in politics

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