To mark Women’s History Month, today’s episode features new books focused on women who have paved the way for gender equality ...

Here’s a look at the life of writer and activist Gloria Steinem. Personal Birth date: March 25, 1934 Birth place: Toledo, Ohio Birth name: Gloria Marie Steinem Father: Leo Steinem, an antique dealer ...

Leymah Gbowee, the Liberian peace activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner, says she doesn’t pay much attention to celebrities.

This International Women’s Day, the longtime activist for women shared with Charter what she thought might have changed by ...

Feminist scholars and activists, including Gloria Steinem and Leymah Gbowee, reflected on a movement that they said remains ...

Imagine your dad throwing your birthday party. It’s a chilly Tuesday afternoon on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, but here, inside Gloria Steinem’s cozy, knick-knack-filled apartment, where a guest ...

Pioneering feminist Gloria Steinem has paid tribute to Gisele Pelicot, the woman at the centre of France's largest rape trial. During a moving Newsnight interview broadcast on Sunday (15 February), Ms ...

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In 1946, newlywed Gloria Hanson Wright mustered the courage to leave her home in the sleepy Cache Valley and travel halfway across the world to meet her husband, Col. Amos “Mose” Wright, in United ...

On this week’s 51%, we speak with feminist icons Gloria Steinem and Leymah Gbowee about their new children's book, "Rise, Girl, Rise: Our Sister-Friend Journey. Together for All." Describing their ...

Excerpted from "Rise, Girl, Rise: Our Sister-Friend Journey. Together for All." Text copyright (c) 2026 by Gloria Steinem and Leymah Gbowee. Illustrations copyright ...