Gloria Steinem

In a radical kind she calls autohistoria, which offers an inventive approach to compose history, Gloria Anzaldua presents a nonlinear history of both the geological and mental scenes of Borderlands. Anzaldua's autohistoria is a class of blended media—individual story, testimonio, true records, cuento, and verse—that disproves stasis pretty much as the Borderlands from which Anzaldua comes. As indicated by Anzaldua, the Fringe is a "third nation" whose history as been told on Anglocentric terms,…

In both "To live in the Borderlands means you. . .", by Gloria Anzaldua, and "Crying poem" by Jimmy Santiago Baca the authors use various unique stylistic techniques and figures of speech to not just tell the reader of their past, but to paint a picture of the circumstances they faced when growing and how they have affected them. In "Crying Poem", Baca uses the structure of his poem and various stylistic techniques to reflect the frustration and internal conflict he has faced having to "grow…

In 1971 Steinem joined other prominent feminists, in forming the National Women's Political Caucus, which worked on behalf of women's issues. She founded Ms. magazine, starting in 1972 Under her direction, the magazine tackled important topics, including domestic…

“Our Revolution Has Just Begun,” by Gloria Steinem in 2014, was a discouraging article. It was well-written, but alarming because of the inequality brought to attention. The amount of gender inequality in the world is shocking and disturbing, and needs to be changed. Many people think that feminism is only for women, but every gender can and should fight for equal rights. If more people become informed on current inequalities and issues between genders, a bigger movement can be made to move…

shall allude from Gloria Steinem ‘Testimony on Equal rights amendment’, Margret Sanger’s ‘The case of birth control’, and Jane Addams, ‘Utilization of women in city government’. The women’s rights movement in the 1970s was a second wave feminism. Most of the organizations championing for women’s rights were more divided on what issues to advocate. One particular organization The Equal Rights Amendment Ratification Council was formed in 1973 under the leadership of Gloria Steinem, who fought for…

of the many people who uses rhetoric to get their point across is Gloria Steinem, in her speech, Living the Revolution. She was requested to speak to the 1970 graduating class of Vassar College on May 31st, and while the speech was supposed to focus on the student’s…

Gloria Steinem once said, “Men should think twice before making widowhood women’s only path to power.” In other words, Gloria Steinem simply meant that in a society that have hindered women from realizing their true essence and their power that they hold equal to men, a man’s death should not be the only reason why society view women as equal and powerful as a man. People all over the world and throughout history have proven this quote to be true due to the fact that in modern society feminism…

Gloria Steinem was a successful young journalist who led women to speak out for increasing rights for themselves, but advocating increased women’s rights was not a smooth path. The society doesn’t appreciate women like Steinem. Morin states, “ Many American concluded that all ‘women’s libbers’ were crazy radicals who were out of touch with mainstream U.S.values” (Morin 1). However, Gloria Steinem was an excellent student in school. When Steinem was in college, she won a…

stamp, and T-shirt to encourage them to fight for the liberties that both genders were supposed to have. While Wonder Woman was standing for the women in the world, feminists were also standing with Wonder Woman to help her face the challenges. Gloria Steinem criticizes the “New Wonder Woman” which transformed to the non-powered modern girl in her essay on the Ms. magazine, and the feminist outrage eventually forced the editor of Wonder Woman, Dennis O’Neil to restore Wonder Woman’s power and…

In the words of G.D. Anderson, “feminism isn’t about making women stronger. Women are already strong. It’s about changing the way the world perceives that strength (Pugachevsky).” This quote wraps up the original motives of the women at the beginning of the Second Wave of Feminism. Feminism is a hot topic in the media today, as was it over the past fifty years. The women of the Second Wave of Feminism, also known as the Women’s Liberation Movement, were trying to acquire the right to be equal to…