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When I first began to see myself as an organizer, I hadn't pictured participating in political campaigns. But when I started volunteering for Eugene McCarthy's presidential 1968 bid, I realized that I followed him and his campaign because of his politics - not because of him as a person.  McCarthy was the only candidate who was against the Vietnam War, and because I agreed with him, I joined the long line of freelancers working for him. His words and his beliefs mixed with political appeal to make people of all ages turn his campaign into a movement, and even though I began to feel less at home as the bid progressed, it caused me to become hooked on politics. In the 1960s, I met Bella Abzug, a woman who ran for Congress in 1970. A leader in the women's peace movement, she was also a protestor of nuclear testing, and used her kindness and political skill to be a great lawyer and person. The campaign was truly something special. I loved Bella, her staffers, and what she believed in. During her run, I learned about women in politics and that the things I hated in the McCarthy campaign were totally different in hers. I no longer had to make a suggestion to a man before I made it to everyone else, and no longer was I there to be useless. During the decades that I have campaigned, I've learned to join the people whose beliefs I agree with and would want to be in place for the rest of the country rather than with the person who seemed the kindest, the most generous, or the most experienced. Politics is personal for me, and I'm happy that it has stayed that way for nearly 50 years.

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Gloria Steinem Co-Founds Feminist Magazine

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Gloria Steinem Co-Founds Feminist Magazine

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Read more in the attached article from The Manhattan Courier.

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On April 4, 1969, an article that I wrote was published inThe New York Magazine. It discussed feminism and how it would evolve over time, and it brought me into the limelight as a feminist and a leader for women's rights. While it was controversial, my words no longer were hidden: people listened to what I had to say and what I believed. It is my trophy and my annoucement to the United States and the media, the beginning to my career.

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My father was a lifelong traveller with a love for life on the road. He inspired me to keep moving, to keep meeting new people and hear new stories. My mother was a feminist whose words and 'radical' ideas were suppressed by motherhood and marriage to my father, something I didn't learn until I was in my twenties. Both of my parents instilled something in me, something that I haven't forgotten and has stayed intact throughout my entire life. My father gave me the will to succeed and make a difference in the lives of others, and my mother planted the seed for what I believed in and how I wanted the world to view women, and I am forever grateful for that. They made my life My Life on the Road

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Gloria Steinem: 'My mother led me to an activist place where she herself could never go'

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From the shock of race riots to joining her first presidential campaign, Gloria Steinem recalls her formative years in this extract from her new memoir, My Life On The Road

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My first experience in the world of feminism opened my eyes to what I was and who I could become: an organizer, a leader, and a setter of examples for women and men all aroung the world. It was the first National Women's Political Caucus (or simply NWPC) meeting, held just two years after the group was formed, and brought me into the world of politics and campaigning.

"Before Houston, I had known that women in small groups could be courageous and loyal to each other and respect each other's differences.
After Houston, I'd learned that women could do this in large numbers, across chasms of difference, and for serious purpose."

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In 1983, Wilma Mankiller was elected the leader of the Cherokee Nation in rural Oklahoma. This was the beginning of her long career as a women's activist and a change-maker in her Native American community. She is best known for bringing water to the poor and needy village of Bell, Oklahoma, and even though it took many months of hard, grueling labor, the residents dug the pipes themselves to finish the task. Wilma sacrificed her personal comfort for the safety and well-being of other people, and in 1988, she was rewarded with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

"The secret to our success is that we never, never give up."