Gloria Steinem
Noun
Meaning
United States feminist (born in 1934)
Source: WordNetExamples
But let me tell you something. Gloria Steinem never helped me out; Larry Flynt did.
I respect women like Gloria Steinem who paved the way. But when you say 'feminist' now, there is a message that if you are sexy and you acknowledge that part of your personality publicly, then it's somehow an affront to women. And I reject that.
My problem is I can think whatever I think-girl power, solidarity, Gloria Steinem rah rah rah - but I still feel the way I feel. Which is jealous. And pissy about little things.
I'm thankful for the work that feminists like Gloria Steinem have done. I am a feminist, but the geography for women today is vastly different than it was in the '60s.
Activism Alice Walker (left) and Gloria Steinem on the fall 2009 cover of Ms. magazine Walker met Martin Luther King Jr. when she was a student at Spelman College in the early 1960s.
Among the pithy quips attributed to Gloria Steinem over the years is this reply to why she wasn’t interested in getting married: “I can’t mate in captivity.”