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As an activist, you do find yourself directed more toward public action. But I've always tried to use stories from my own life in my writing. It has always been clear to me that the stories of each other's lives are our best textbooks.

Gloria Steinem

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Gloria Steinem
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: March 25
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