Gloria Steinem is a writer, lecturer, feminist organizer and frequent media commentator on issues of equality and gender, and has helped found various organizations centred on generating equal rights for women. She is the co-founder of pioneering feminist magazine Ms.
Magazine, and career has earned her numerous awards including the Lifetime Achievement in Journalism Award, the Penney-Missouri Journalism Award, the United Nation's Society of Writers Award and Ceres Medal, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.