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I really loved this book especially her stories about other women organizers she has met over the years. She starts with her childhood of traveling with her restless father. I identified with her struggle between the need to travel and see the world and meet new people versus being jealous of others who are able to settle down and have a home. Mostly I love how she includes stories and people that have clearly influenced her, showing how the advocate was created. She is open about the injustices
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I loved this book. I just enjoyed each vignette and the way they were ultimately woven together. It is an autobiography, but more a history of the people Steinem who have influenced her time "on the road". For lack of a less schmaltzy way to say this, I found it inspiration in the truest sense of the word: I feel inspired to get off my butt and get to work. There's work to be done.
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In a mostly unstructured pile of anecdotes, Steinem tells stories of people she's met and worked with and I was glad not to hear the bunny story again. She's a lot more than that. Deborah Winger read it well.
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