My Life on the Road

And one of the things that I've seen everywhere is an excerpt from her memoir.

So her memoir was called My Life on the Road.

And in the front pages, I'm not sure if you saw who she dedicated it to, but there was a short dedication.

Okay, I've got it now.

Magazine, Gloria Steinem, died last week at age 92, after a very big life, changing lives.

Gloria joined me in 2015 at the Sydney Writers Festival on Gadigal country to chat about her memoir, My Life on the Road, and with two other illustrious guests, to explore how travel can be truly transformative.

Welcome to ABC Radio National's Big Ideas.

Natasha Mitchell joining you today to remember the late Gloria Steinem.

"Empathy is the most radical of human emotions.

The first problem for all of us men and women is not to learn, but to unlearn." And my favorite from her 2015 memoir, My Life on the Road, "Human beings have almost infinite capacity for adapting to the expectations around us, which is both the good news and the bad news." So rest in peace, Gloria Steinem, and welcome to You've Got Mailes.

Hola y bienvenidos.

Uh, You've Got Mailes.

She was 92.

In this 2015 appearance, Steinem talked with filmmaker and artist Chinaka Hodge after the publication of her memoir, My Life on the Road.

Join us now for an archival program with Gloria Steinem.

Before we begin, I'm required by virtue of my belief and in what my Southern family would call home training to acknowledge the ancestors.

Natural law says we get the right to make decisions over our own physical beings.

Can I ask you, because it goes to the heart of what you've been struggling for in your life as an activist, in the dedication of your own book, My Life on the Road, you started by talking to a Dr. John Sharp.

Can you read a little bit about that, from that dedication?

Yes, thank you for that, because I think he embodies the gratitude that so many of us feel.

This book is dedicated to Dr. John Sharp of London, who in 1957, a decade before physicians in England could legally perform an abortion for any reason other than the health of the woman, took the considerable risk of referring for an abortion a 22-year-old American on her way to India.

He said, Unquote.

Unquote.

Sharp, I believe you who knew the law was unjust would not mind if I say this so long after your death.

At this point, we'll hear from an interview with Terry from 2015.

At the time, Gloria Steinem had just published her memoir, which was titled My Life on the Road.

Gloria Steinem, welcome back to Fresh Air.

I want you to start by reading the dedication of your new book.

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I'm TV critic David Bianculli Today we're remembering Gloria Steinem the feminist icon who died Wednesday at age Ninety Two Let's get back to her interview with Terry from Twenty Fifteen the year Steinem published her memoir My Life On The Road

So getting back to this life that you had as a child Your mother's spirit was broken It was often hard for her to get out of bed Your father created this like wonderful dance pavilion Summers But then when the summer was over the family would move into a van and drive south and basically live When I say van I should say trailer I suppose Then the family would live in the trailer for the duration until the following Summer Are you right that you never started out with enough money to complete the trip Your father would buy antiques and then sell them to antique dealers Buy them at Country auctions and then sell them to antique dealers at higher prices to fund your trip South How did you like being itinerant like that