Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem

Gloria Steinem

Little, Brown, Jan 20, 1993 - Self-Help - 432 pages

For decades, Gloria Steinem has led a social revolution against injustice. In Revolution from Within -- called "the ultimate self-help book" by the Los Angeles Times -- she sets out to restore the self-authority that such injustice has undermined.
"A fine triumph...Succeeds in holding the feminist course while expanding its horizons to include everyone." --Time
"Revolution from Within has a special sweetness -- that of triumph. Gloria Steinem dared to look behind the bravely smiling face she presented to the world for many years to encounter a not-so-bravely-smiling inner self. This meeting will strike sparks of recognition and encouragement." --Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple

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REVOLUTION FROM WITHIN: A Book of Self-Esteem

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In the wake of such feminist calls-to-arms as Susan Faludi's Backlash (p. 1133), Paula Kamen's Feminist Fatale (p. 1137), and Naomi Wolf's The Beauty Myth (p. 389), Steinem's inwardly turned ...

Revolution from within: a book of self-esteem

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One of the founding mothers of contemporary feminism has written a self-help book that utterly transcends the genre. In lucid prose that is by turns brave and funny and tender, Steinem takes us on a ...

About the author

Gloria Steinem was born in Toledo, Ohio on March 25, 1934. She graduated from Smith College in 1956 and then spent two years in India on a Chester Bowles Fellowship. She is a writer, lecturer, political activist, and feminist organizer. In 1968, she co-founded New York magazine, where she was a political columnist and wrote feature articles. In 1972, she co-founded Ms. magazine, and remained one of its editors for fifteen years. In 1993, she co-produced and narrated Multiple Personalities: The Search for Deadly Memories, which was a documentary on child abuse for HBO, and co-produced the original TV movie Better Off Dead, which examined the parallel forces that both oppose abortion and support the death penalty. She has written numerous books including Marilyn: Norma Jean, Moving Beyond Words, My Life on the Road, and Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem, Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions. She has received numerous awards including The Eleanor Roosevelt Val-Kill Medal Award in 2014 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013. In 1993, she was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem
• Author: Gloria Steinem
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Little, Brown, 1993
• ISBN: 0316812471, 9780316812474
• Length: 432 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Editors, Journalists, Publishers; Biography & Autobiography / General; Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs; Biography & Autobiography / Social Activists; Biography & Autobiography / Women; Body, Mind & Spirit / Inspiration & Personal Growth; Education / Counseling / Career Development; Self-Help / Personal Growth / Happiness; Self-Help / Personal Growth / Self-Esteem; Self-Help / Spiritual