Meet our speakers, who are active leaders in the T.I.M.E. (Technology, Information, Media, Entertainment) areas.
Gloria Steinem
Feminist Writer and Organizer
Gloria Steinem is a writer, lecturer, editor, and feminist activist. She travels around the world as an organizer and lecturer and is a frequent media spokeswoman on issues of equality. She is particularly interested in the shared origins of sex and race caste systems, gender roles and child abuse as roots of violence, non-violent conflict resolution, the cultures of indigenous peoples, and organizing across boundaries for peace and justice.
In 1968, she helped to found New York magazine, where she was a political columnist and wrote feature articles. As a freelance writer, she has been published in Esquire, The New York Times Magazine, and women's magazines as well as in publications in other countries. In 1972, Steinem cofounded Ms. Magazine and served as an editor for 15 years. That same year she became the founding president of the Ms. Foundation for Women, a national multi-racial, multi-issue fund that supports grassroots projects to empower women and girls. She was also a member of the Beyond Racism Initiative, with activists and experts from South Africa, Brazil and the United States to compare the racial patterns of those three countries and to learn cross-nationally. In 2004, she cofounded the Women's Media Center.
Her books include the bestsellers Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem, Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions, Moving Beyond Words, and Marilyn: Norma Jean, on the life of Marilyn Monroe. Her writing appears in many anthologies and textbooks, including Houghton Mifflin's The Reader's Companion to U.S. Women's History in which she was an editor. She now lives in New York City, and is currently at work on Road to the Heart: America As if Everyone Mattered, a book about her more than 30 years on the road as a feminist organizer. She is also writing for other books and publications.
In 1968, she helped to found New York magazine, where she was a political columnist and wrote feature articles. As a freelance writer, she has been published in Esquire, The New York Times Magazine, and women's magazines as well as in publications in other countries. In 1972, Steinem cofounded Ms. Magazine and served as an editor for 15 years. That same year she became the founding president of the Ms. Foundation for Women, a national multi-racial, multi-issue fund that supports grassroots projects to empower women and girls. She was also a member of the Beyond Racism Initiative, with activists and experts from South Africa, Brazil and the United States to compare the racial patterns of those three countries and to learn cross-nationally. In 2004, she cofounded the Women's Media Center.
Her books include the bestsellers Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem, Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions, Moving Beyond Words, and Marilyn: Norma Jean, on the life of Marilyn Monroe. Her writing appears in many anthologies and textbooks, including Houghton Mifflin's The Reader's Companion to U.S. Women's History in which she was an editor. She now lives in New York City, and is currently at work on Road to the Heart: America As if Everyone Mattered, a book about her more than 30 years on the road as a feminist organizer. She is also writing for other books and publications.
