My Life on the Road

Gloria Steinem—writer, activist, organizer, and one of the most inspiring leaders in the world—now tells a story she has never told before, a candid account of how her early years led her to live an on-the-road kind of life, traveling, listening to people, learning, and creating change. She reveals the story of her own growth in tandem with the growth of an ongoing movement for equality. This is the story at the heart ofMy Life on the Road.

Includes an introduction read by Gloria Steinem.

Gloria Steinem is a writer, lecturer, editor, and feminist activist. In 1972, she co-foundedMs. magazine, and she remained one of its editors for fifteen years. In 1968, she helped foundNew York magazine, where she was a political columnist and wrote feature articles. Her books include the bestsellersRevolution from Within, Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions, Moving Beyond Words,Marilyn: Norma Jeane, and As if Women Matter (published in India). Steinem has received the Penney-Missouri Journalism Award, the Front Page and Clarion awards, the National Magazine Award, the Women’s Sports Journalism Award, the Lifetime Achievement in Journalism Award from the Society of Professional Journalists, the Society of Writers Award from the United Nations, the James Weldon Johnson Award for Journalism, and many others. In 2013, she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama.