THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT
Gloria Steinem
“When unique voices are united in a common cause, they make history.”
Writer, lecturer, political activist and feminist organizer. A founder of New York and Ms. magazines. Co-founded the National Women’s Political Caucus, the Ms. Foundation for Women, the Free to Be Foundation, and the Women’s Media Center in the United States. Internationally, helped found Equality Now, Donor Direct Action and Direct Impact Africa.
Interviewed by Mary Jean Collins, VFA Historian, May 2022 and MAKERS, February 2013
Photos. Gloria Steinem and Dorothy Pitman-Hughes 1971 and 2014.
More About Gloria:
- Gloria Steinem official website
- “Gloria, In Her Own Words,” a documentary on HBO
- Gloria Steinem select interviews
- Veteran Feminists of America Events
- Betty Friedan’s 100th Birthday – Moving the Legacy Forward, February 4, 2021
- Harvard Club Luncheon, NYC, October 21, 2014
- Eleanor Pam, President of VFA, introduces Gloria Steinem at the Kate Millett Festival, Judson Memorial Church – NYC June 24, 2012
- Muriel Fox, Chair of the Board of VFA, introduces Gloria Steinem at the Publication Debut of Barbara Love’s, Feminists Who Changed America 1963-1975 book, Columbia University Faculty House and Barnard College, NYC. November 2006
- Gloria Steinem serves as M.C. for the Celebrating Kate Millet event, Seventh Regiment Armory, NYC, November 7, 1998
- SALUTE TO GLORIA STEINEM, December 1995 (video/audio not available)
- Gloria Steinem serves as M.C. for the Salute To Bella Abzug event, December 2, 1994
- SALUTE TO FLORYNCE KENNEDY, December, 1993 (video/audio not available)
- Gloria Steinem papers, Part of the Sophia Smith Collection of Women’s History Repository
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Wikipedia page
- Cited in Barbara Love’s book, Feminists Who Changed America 1963-1975, pages 443-444