Gloria Steinem: A Biography

by Patricia Cronin Marcello

Book Overview

Gloria Steinem represents second-wave American feminism. This new biography recounts her truly fascinating life, one that was remarkable even prior to her association with the feminist movement. Steinem was destined to succeed and showed extraordinary strength dealing with difficult family circumstances, a peripatetic upbringing, and financial straights that forced her as a teenager to support herself and her divorced, emotionally troubled mother...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313325766
• ISBN13: 9780313325762
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

A life well told

Written in a clear and engaging style, Patricia Marcello's biography of Gloria Steinem is a fascinating account of perhaps America's most influential, and certainly the most eloquent, feminist. Steinem is widely known as the founder of Ms. magazine and a women's rights activist, but few readers know much about her personal life. Marcello gives us a powerful insight into this remarkable and intriguing woman by a careful examination of the family and forces that shaped her. Though written primarily for a young adult audience, Marcello doesn't talk down to them. A book for every student's library. R. A. Deckert, Bellingham WA