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As a young journalist in the early 1960s, gloria steinem famously went undercover as a playboy bunny. This outstanding collection of essays provides a history of the feminist movement based on steinems personal experience. She travels in this and other countries as an organizer and lecturer and is a frequent media spokeswoman on issues of equality. Mar 20, 2018 august 15, 2011 the hbo documentary gloria. Social activist, writer, editor and lecturer gloria steinem was born in ohio in 1934.
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