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Gloria Steinem

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Born March 25, 1934 · Toledo, Ohio, USA

Also known as Gloria Marie Steinem

Biography

Gloria Marie Steinem (born March 25, 1934) is an American journalist and social-political activist who emerged as a nationally recognized leader of second-wave feminism in the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Awards & recognition

  • BBC 100 Women · 2023
  • Princess of Asturias AwardCommunications and Humanities · 2021
  • Humanist of the Year · 2012
  • Radcliffe Medal · 2010
  • National Women's Hall of Fame · 1993
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  • Ohio Women's Hall of Fame · 1983
  • Women's CaucusArt Lifetime Achievement Award · 1980
  • Library of Congress Living Legend
  • The Smith College Medal

Filmography50+ titles

Home of the Brave

2004as Self - Interview

Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge

2024as Self

Do Women Have a Higher Sex Drive?

2018as Self

Sigmund Freud: Analysis of a Mind

1996as Self - Author

Sally

2025as Self (archive footage)

The L Word

2004as Self

The Larry Sanders Show

1992as Gloria Steinem

The Good Wife

2009as Gloria Steinem

Dear Ms.: A Revolution in Print

2025as Self

RBG

2018as Self

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962as Self

Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields

2023as Self (archive footage)

Superpowered: The DC Story

as Self (archive footage)

And Just Like That...

2021as Gloria Steinem

All In: The Fight for Democracy

2020as Self

Reversing Roe

2018as Self

American Masters

1986as Self

History 101

2020as Self (archive footage)

Challenger: The Final Flight

2020as Self (archive footage)

Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists

2018as Self

Femme

2013as Self

I Know a Woman Like That

2009as Self

Sex: The Revolution

Miss Representation

2011as Self

The Colbert Report

2005as Self (uncredited)

Sitara: Let Girls Dream

2019Executive Producer

Tiny Shoulders, Rethinking Barbie

2018as Self

The Dick Cavett Show

1968as Self - Guest

Seeing Allred

2018as Self

Gloria: In Her Own Words

2011as Herself

The First Wives Club

1996as Gloria Steinem

Cyndi Lauper: Let the Canary Sing

2023as Self - Ms. Magazine (archive footage)

Private Violence

2014Executive Producer

The Glorias

2020as Gloria

Finding Your Roots

2012as Self

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

as Narrator (voice)

Becoming Katharine Graham

2025as Self

Ziwe

2021as Self

Mankiller

2017as Self

Real Time with Bill Maher

2003as Self

Hillary

2020as Self (archive footage)

My Best Friend's Girl

2008Thanks

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

2003as Self

Slacker Uprising

2007as Self

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014as Self

For All Humankind

2023as Self

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009as Self - Guest

Dear...

as Self

Live to Lead

as Self

Equal Means Equal

2016as Self