Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.
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Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself.
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Birth: | 25th March, 1934 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Activist, Feminist, Journalist, Writer |
Gloria Marie Steinem was born in Toledo, Ohio, USA. She is an American feminist, journalist, writer, and social and political activist, who became nationally recognized as a leader and a spokeswoman for the feminist movement in the late 1960s and early 1970s. She was a columnist for New York magazine, and a founder of Ms. magazine. In 1969, she published an article, "After Black Power, Women's Liberation," which brought her to national fame as a feminist leader. She has written several books include: Outrageous acts and everyday rebellions, Marilyn(with George Barris), Revolution from within, Moving Beyond Words, Wonder Woman, Doing Sixty and Seventy, and My Life on the Road.
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