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At 82, Gloria Steinem Stays "On The Road"

WUNC | By Anita Rao,
Frank Stasio
Published September 23, 2016 at 12:18 PM EDT

Host Frank Stasio speaks with feminist activist and author Gloria Steinem.

Gloria Steinem, 82,  is one of the most iconic figures of the American feminist movement. Her legacy as a journalist and activist includes co-founding and editing Ms. Magazine, publishing writings on the intersecting barriers to women’s rights, and decades of organizing on the front lines of national and international feminist movements. Last year she released the memoir “My Life On The Road” (Random House 2015) that traces her life story through experiences she has had traveling.

 Steinem is in the Triangle for events this weekend, including an appearance at Meredith College’s Jones Auditorium on Saturday, Sept.24 at 7 p.m. and Pittsboro’s Fearrington Barn Sunday, Sept.25 at 11 a.m. Host Frank Stasio talks with Gloria Steinem about her memoir and legacy. 

Gloria Steinem with her mother, Ruth Nuneviller Steinem, at Oberlin College in 1972.
Courtesy of the Oberlin College Archives /
Gloria Steinem with her mother, Ruth Nuneviller Steinem, at Oberlin College in 1972.
Leo Steinem, Gloria Steinem's father, in his favorite photograph taken in 1949.
Courtesy of Gloria Steinem's Personal Collection /
Leo Steinem, Gloria Steinem's father, in his favorite photograph taken in 1949.
Gloria Steinem with speaking partner Florynce Kennedy on campus in the 1970s.
Courtesy of Gloria Steinem/Ray Bald /
Gloria Steinem with speaking partner Florynce Kennedy on campus in the 1970s.
Gloria Steinem with writer Alice Walker near the Badlands in 1994.
Courtesy of Gloria Steinem's Personal Collection /
Gloria Steinem with writer Alice Walker near the Badlands in 1994.

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Anita Rao
Anita Rao is the host and creator of "Embodied," a live, weekly radio show and seasonal podcast about sex, relationships & health. She's also the managing editor of WUNC's on-demand content. She has traveled the country recording interviews for the Peabody Award-winning StoryCorps production department, founded and launched a podcast about millennial feminism in the South, and served as the managing editor and regular host of "The State of Things," North Carolina Public Radio's flagship daily, live talk show. Anita was born in a small coal-mining town in Northeast England but spent most of her life growing up in Iowa and has a fond affection for the Midwest.
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Frank Stasio
Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.
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