Gloria Steinem: My Life on the Road

Gloria Steinem had an itinerant childhood. When she was a young girl, her father would pack the family in the car every fall and drive across country searching for adventure and trying to make a living. The seeds were planted: Gloria realized that growing up didn’t have to mean settling down. And so began a lifetime of travel, of activism and leadership, of listening to people whose voices and ideas would inspire change and revolution. "My Life on the Road" is the story of Gloria’s growth, the growth of a revolutionary movement for equality, and the story of how surprising encounters on the road shaped both. From her first experience of social activism among women in India to her work as a journalist in the 1960s; from the whirlwind of political campaigns to the founding of Ms. magazine; from the historic 1977 National Women’s Conference to her travels through Indian Country—a lifetime spent on the road allowed Gloria to listen and connect deeply with people, to understand that context is everything, and to become part of a movement that would change the world. (Photo: wikipedia commons) 0:00 Introduction 1:36 Lifelong Nomadism 3:33 The Impact of Freedom 6:06 A Life Dedicated 8:02 Embracing the Messy Road 10:59 Discovering Activism 13:42 Undoing Aloneness 17:27 Epigenetics and Education 21:22 Linked Not Ranked 24:24 Schisms in the Movement 26:43 Internalizing Equality 30:13 Adaptability and Balance 32:43 Audience Q&A 1:14:55 Closing Remarks 1:18:59 Postscript