Dearest Gloria Marie,
Words are inadequate so here are a few photos of meaningful times, places, and causes that brought us together. I’m ever grateful for your vision, courage, and leadership to make the world a more just place, and personally for your friendship, your kindness, your boundless compassion.
Read MoreFor Gloria Feldt, founder and president of Take The Lead, it was watching Dorothy in “The Wizard of Oz,” in the theater as a young girl that taught her anything was possible.
“It was the first movie I saw where the female was the protagonist. Dorothy was a role model when girls did not have role models,” Feldt said in the recent lively conversation with Gloria Steinem and Jamia Wilson, author and activist.
Read MoreNEW YORK (February 14, 2024) — Take The Lead® , a nationally recognized non-profit dedicated to achieving gender parity in leadership by 2025, launches its 10th anniversary year with a free virtual event on Monday, February 19 at 2:00pm ET that will convene leading voices in the women’s movement in a candid discussion: Women, Power, and Leadership: A Conversation with Gloria Feldt and Gloria Steinem, Facilitated by Jamia Wilson.
Read More“Laughter is the only emotion that cannot be compelled. Laughter is a proof of freedom.”
Gloria Steinem, iconic feminist leader, author and activist, waxed poetically philosophical during the recent live Take The Lead event, “Putting Women at the Heart of the Recovery: An Intimate Conversation.”
Read MoreIssue 153 — December 14, 2020
This week Jupiter and Saturn will be observably closer to each other than they have been since and they won’t be as close again until 2080. This is a phenomenon not to be missed! The clearest view will happen on my wedding anniversary and the winter solstice, December 21. How cool is that?
Read MoreHow many female cultural icons does it take to make a once in a lifetime virtual event just for you?
The answer is two, plus two emerging leaders in journalism, media and entertainment. Plus you.
Read MoreIssue 152 — December 6, 2020
“There are plenty of top-notch people in every demographic group for even the most high-level jobs. You just have to see them and open the barricades that have blocked them from serving.”
— Jodi Enda re Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’s diverse choices of top advisors.
Real change is in the air. And it’s happening fast.
Read MoreThey came for the history. They left with inspiration for the future. More than 200 supporters and guests arrived at New York’s Daryl Roth Theatre Saturday afternoon, arriving from Illinois, California, Iowa, Maryland, Arizona, Pennsylvania, New York and other locations for a fundraiser performance for Take The Lead of “Gloria: A Life.”
Read MoreWhat can you learn from the chance to experience the wisdom from two of the most prominent changemakers on gender, equity and civil rights issues today?
Read MoreOf course it was not about the lip gloss. In 1984, I interviewed Gloria Steinem for a profile for the Dallas Times Herald, where I was a feature writer and columnist. She was on book tour for her 1984 book,Outrageous Acts And Everyday Rebellions.
Read MoreCalling a leader a “strong woman” can have negative connotations. Many women leaders are referred to this way.
And I don’t mean to bite the hand that gives me this platform, but the phrase “strong woman” sets my teeth on edge.
Read MoreIf you’re anything like us, you were also jumping for joy when you heard that UN Women Goodwill ambassador Emma Watson gave us one doozy of a New Year’s present: a feminist book club dubbed “Our Shared Shelf.”
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