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9780345406217

The Education of a Woman: The Life of Gloria Steinem

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  • ISBN13:

    9780345406217

  • ISBN10:

    0345406214

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1996-10-29
  • Publisher: Ballantine Books

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Summary

From one of America's most respected critics comes an acclaimed biography of the controversial feminist. Here, Heilbrun illuminates the life and explores the many facets of Steinem's complex life, from her difficult childhood to the awakening that changed her into the most famous feminist in the world. Intimate and insightful, here is a biography that is as provocative as the woman who inspired it. Photos.

Author Biography

Carolyn G. Heilbrun is the Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities Emeriti at Columbia University. In addition to her many works of criticism, which include the bestselling Writing a Woman’s Life and Hamlet’s Mother and Other Women, she is also the author of the acclaimed Kate Fansler series of mysteries under the name of Amanda Cross.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. xi
A Note on Documentationp. xv
Introductionp. xvii
Familyp. 1
Safetyp. 41
India: The Transforming Interludep. 67
New Yorkp. 84
1968p. 132
Awakeningp. 161
Ms.p. 189
Dissonance at Close Quartersp. 232
Trashingp. 276
Houstonp. 310
Any Port in a Stormp. 325
Getting to Fiftyp. 339
Imperatives for Changep. 370
Epiloguep. 402
Appendixp. 416
Bibliographyp. 424
Picture Creditsp. 431
Indexp. 433
About the Authorp. 451
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