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Copyright 2015 by gloria steinem all rights reserved. Gloria steinem s new book is a lightning rod to the head and heart. Praised for being candid in her writing, the books critical reception was overwhelmingly. We have to behave as if everything we do matters, because sometimes it does. My life on the road is an inspiring work, a call for action. She reveals the story of her own growth in tandem with the growth of an ongoing movement for. Gloria steinem writer, activist, organizer, and one of the most inspiring leaders in the world now tells a story she has never told before, a candid account of how her early years led her to live an ontheroad kind of life, traveling, listening to people, learning, and creating change.
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Now i realized that for me, the road was permanent, and settling down was. But listening, according to the feminist icon gloria steinem, is even more important. More questions about my life on the road image for my life on the road my life on the road. Gloria steinem writer, activist, organizer, and one of the most inspiring leaders in the worldnow tells a story she has never told before, a candid account of how her early years led her to live an onthe road kind of life, traveling, listening to people, learning, and creating change.
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From this, she learned to walk the middle path between a life on the road and one at home. Steinems first book in more than twenty years, is a warmly companionable look back at nearly five decades as itinerant feminist organizer and standardbearer. In the early pages of her new book, my life on the road, ms. She began her crusade for social change as a journalist and in 1972 co. Steinems new book, my life on the road, provides a lesson in how to stay relevant when your name is synonymous with a decadesold movement that has fallen in and out of popular favor. Listen to my life on the road by gloria steinem at. As a young journalist in the early 1960s, gloria steinem famously went undercover as a playboy bunny. Praise for my life on the road this legendary feminist makes a compelling case for traveling as listening. An invigoratingly candid memoir from a giant of womens rights. Her style is relaxed and conversational but never random or sloppy. My life on the road, by gloria steinem 2015 not even past. My life on the road is the moving, funny, and profound story of gloria s growth and also the growth of a revolutionary movement for equalityand the story of how surprising encounters on the road shaped both. My life on the road reveals that the magazine was only one part of a much broader pattern of activities addressing equality issues, especially in relation to women.
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