Gloria Steinem, 1934-2026, was a writer, activist, pioneering journalist and cofounder of Ms. magazine. For more than sixty years she was a central figure in feminist movements worldwide, shaping conversations about gender, power, and justice. She was widely known as one of the most influential feminist thinkers and writes of her lifetime. Gloria’s books include the bestselling memoir My Life on the Road.She resided in New York for decades, and her home became Gloria’s Foundation, renowned as a magnetic and life-changing centre for feminists and activist thinkers from around the world.

An Unexpected Life is a luminous act of remembrance and generosity. Gloria Steinem writes with the clarity of someone who has lived many lives inside one: daughter, caregiver, traveler, organizer, writer, friend, witness and revolutionary. This is a fiercely beautiful book about how we survive, how we learn, how we keep faith with one another, and how an unexpected life can become a formidable force for freedom and connection.

Gloria Steinem, 1934-2026, was a writer, activist, pioneering journalist and cofounder of Ms. magazine. For more than sixty years she was a central figure in feminist movements worldwide, shaping conversations about gender, power, and justice. She was widely known as one of the most influential feminist thinkers and writes of her lifetime. Gloria’s books include the bestselling memoir My Life on the Road.She resided in New York for decades, and her home became Gloria’s Foundation, renowned as a magnetic and life-changing centre for feminists and activist thinkers from around the world.

An Unexpected Life is a luminous act of remembrance and generosity. Gloria Steinem writes with the clarity of someone who has lived many lives inside one: daughter, caregiver, traveler, organizer, writer, friend, witness and revolutionary. This is a fiercely beautiful book about how we survive, how we learn, how we keep faith with one another, and how an unexpected life can become a formidable force for freedom and connection.

Gloria Steinem, 1934-2026, was a writer, activist, pioneering journalist and cofounder of Ms. magazine. For more than sixty years she was a central figure in feminist movements worldwide, shaping conversations about gender, power, and justice. She was widely known as one of the most influential feminist thinkers and writes of her lifetime. Gloria’s books include the bestselling memoir My Life on the Road.She resided in New York for decades, and her home became Gloria’s Foundation, renowned as a magnetic and life-changing centre for feminists and activist thinkers from around the world.

An Unexpected Life is a luminous act of remembrance and generosity. Gloria Steinem writes with the clarity of someone who has lived many lives inside one: daughter, caregiver, traveler, organizer, writer, friend, witness and revolutionary. This is a fiercely beautiful book about how we survive, how we learn, how we keep faith with one another, and how an unexpected life can become a formidable force for freedom and connection.