Ms. Gloria Steinem: A Life Contributor(s): Conkling, Winifred (Author) |
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ISBN: 1250833043 ISBN-13: 9781250833044 Publisher: Square Fish OUR PRICE: $11.69 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2022 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Women - Young Adult Nonfiction | Social Topics - Civil & Human Rights - Young Adult Nonfiction | History - United States - 20th Century |
Dewey: B |
Physical Information: 1" H x 6" W x 9" (0.80 lbs) 320 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Throughout the years, Gloria Steinem is perhaps the single-most iconic figure associated with women's rights, her name practically synonymous with the word feminism. Documenting everything from her boundary-pushing journalistic career to the foundation of Ms. magazine to being awarded the 2013 Presidential Medal of Freedom, Winifred Conkling's Ms. Gloria Steinem: A Life is a meticulously researched YA biography that is sure to satisfy even the most voracious of aspiring glass-ceiling smashers. Gloria Steinem was no stranger to injustice even from a young age. Her mother, Ruth, having suffered a nervous breakdown at only 34, spent much of Gloria's childhood in and out of mental health facilities. And when Gloria was only 10 years old, her father divorced her mother and left for California, unable to bear the stress of caring for Ruth any longer. Gloria never blamed her mother for being unable to hold down a job to support them both after that, but rather blamed society's intrinsic hostility toward women, and working women in particular. This was the spark that lit a fire in her that would burn for decades, and continues to burn brightly today. |