My Life on the Road
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"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, and the decades spent organizing ground-up movements in America; the taxi drivers who were "vectors of modern myths" and the airline stewardesses who embraced the feminist revolution; and the infinite, surprising contrasts, the "surrealism in everyday life" that Steinem encountered as she traveled back and forth across the country. With the unique perspective of one of the greatest feminist icons of the 20th and 21st centuries, here is an inspiring, profound, enlightening memoir of one woman's life-long journey"--
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Interesting and inspirational read. Steinem has lived a fascinating life, and she has many worthwhile tales to tell. It was interesting to read about the development of the women's movement from an insider's perspective.
Gloria Steinem nous entraîne dans sa vie sur les routes, où s'entremêlent ses combats féministes, les moments de bonheur partagés lors de ses interventions à l'université et en mettant dans les mains de lecteurs et lectrices une histoire féministe quelque peu oubliée, telle que la Conférence des Femmes de 1977.
Cette lecture m'a laissée animée d'une volonté d'agir, prête à enfourcher ma bécane violette pour poursuivre cette route inspirante !
A lire et relire et à conserver précieusement dans sa bibliothèque féministe.
This was not what I expected it to be. But I did enjoy it. I think I was expecting more autobiography, and this was a little less organized and chronological. I did appreciate her perspective on her own beauty (as a tool & problem) as well as the way she reached out to women of color. This makes me think again about how I teach this era.
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