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If you say, I'm for equal pay, that's a reform. But if you say. I'm a feminist, that's a transformation of society.

Gloria Steinem

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Gloria Steinem
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: March 25
Activist
Actor
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Essayist
Feminist
Human Rights Activist
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Toledo
Ohio
Gloria Marie Steinem
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