My life on the road /
By: Steinem, Gloria [author.].
Publisher: London : Oneworld Publications, 2015Description: xxvi, 276 pages ; 23 cm.Content type: text | text Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 178074918X; 9781780749181:; 9781780749181.Subject(s): Steinem, Gloria | Social reformers -- United States -- Biography | Political activists -- United States -- Biography | Feminists -- United States -- Biography | Travel -- Anecdotes | Journalists -- United States -- BiographyDDC classification: 920 Summary: Gloria Steinem had an itinerant childhood. Every fall, her father would pack the family into the car and they would drive across the country, in search of their next adventure. The seeds were planted: Steinem would spend much of her life on the road, as a journalist, organizer, activist, and speaker. In vivid stories that span an entire career, Steinem writes about her time on the campaign trail, from Bobby Kennedy to Hillary Clinton; her early exposure to social activism in India; organizing ground-up movements in America; the taxi drivers who were 'vectors of modern myths' and the airline stewardesses who embraced feminism; and the infinite contrasts, the 'surrealism in everyday life' that Steinem encountered as she travelled across the country. With the unique perspective of one of the greatest feminist icons of the 20th and 21st centuries, here is the enlightening memoir of one woman's life-long journey.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Gloria Steinem had an itinerant childhood. Every fall, her father would pack the family into the car and they would drive across the country, in search of their next adventure. The seeds were planted: Steinem would spend much of her life on the road, as a journalist, organizer, activist, and speaker. In vivid stories that span an entire career, Steinem writes about her time on the campaign trail, from Bobby Kennedy to Hillary Clinton; her early exposure to social activism in India; organizing ground-up movements in America; the taxi drivers who were 'vectors of modern myths' and the airline stewardesses who embraced feminism; and the infinite contrasts, the 'surrealism in everyday life' that Steinem encountered as she travelled across the country. With the unique perspective of one of the greatest feminist icons of the 20th and 21st centuries, here is the enlightening memoir of one woman's life-long journey.