Gloria Steinem: Champion Noticer
Gloria Steinem: Champion Noticer At times it makes me wonder, why didn’t I know more about these wonderful wonderful women while they were alive? Why am I finding out now after the news of their passing away? In recent months this has happened almost back to back. First one I felt that way was the Marathi stage and film director Smt Vijaya Mehta. Then, last week, country singer, song writer, actress Dolly Parton. And yesterday, Gloria Steinem. It is almost embarrassing to think that I had heard this name for years and didn’t know until today what she stood for all her life! 92 years and more than two thirds of them spent in redefining the place of women in society. In 2013 while honoring her with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, President Obama called her “ a game changer “, “disruptor” and “champion noticer”. Indeed, to immediately notice what’s not right, and go about making it right, is a gift that few have. That’s what awakened people do. They notice!! And...
