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A review by frankenlvr
The Education of a Woman: The Life of Gloria Steinem by Carolyn G. Heilbrun
Did not finish book.
okay i did not finish this book but i was too close to the end to not count it as read...
anyway, this was a good read overall!! i learned some very insightful info on not only the feminist and women's movements of the time but also on gloria steinem and her revelations with feminism, which actually paralleled my own revelations!! only thing is, this book was given to me by my professor and i was expected to return it to him, and coupled with the fact that this was the first biography i've read, this book proved to be veryyy challenging to get thru. everything was tied together quite neatly, and it was easy to follow thru steinem's life; however, near the end it was more of a chore to read than anything. this may be due to the feeling of being on a time crunch or bc of the lack of content on steinem's activism (she felt very distant during a lot of the book, despite it being a book...abt her...) or maybe even my lack of experience with reading more nonfiction books or even the lack of ig "pretty" words and structure to keep me engaged, or all of the above! whatever it was, after a certain pt, i felt as tho i could simply get the same knowledge i was learning abt her and what she was involved in by reading articles and researching her a little more. it was good in the beginning, especially with the insights on steinem's potential feelings and thoughts, but it left me feeling frustrated and unsatisfied in the end.
anyway, this was a good read overall!! i learned some very insightful info on not only the feminist and women's movements of the time but also on gloria steinem and her revelations with feminism, which actually paralleled my own revelations!! only thing is, this book was given to me by my professor and i was expected to return it to him, and coupled with the fact that this was the first biography i've read, this book proved to be veryyy challenging to get thru. everything was tied together quite neatly, and it was easy to follow thru steinem's life; however, near the end it was more of a chore to read than anything. this may be due to the feeling of being on a time crunch or bc of the lack of content on steinem's activism (she felt very distant during a lot of the book, despite it being a book...abt her...) or maybe even my lack of experience with reading more nonfiction books or even the lack of ig "pretty" words and structure to keep me engaged, or all of the above! whatever it was, after a certain pt, i felt as tho i could simply get the same knowledge i was learning abt her and what she was involved in by reading articles and researching her a little more. it was good in the beginning, especially with the insights on steinem's potential feelings and thoughts, but it left me feeling frustrated and unsatisfied in the end.