Steinem Wins Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award

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Steinem signing My Life on the Road (Random House) at BEA 2015.

Congratulations to iconic author and activist Gloria Steinem for being named winner of Dayton Literary Peace Prize's Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award, which "honors writers whose work uses the power of literature to foster peace, social justice and global understanding." She will receive the award November 1 in Dayton, Ohio.

"Gloria Steinem's words have changed the world, not only opening horizons for the female half of the world's population, but also opening the hearts and minds of men to the issues women have faced from the beginning of time," said Sharon Rab, founder and co-chair of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation. "Her work reflects the issues that have been the focus of winning Dayton Literary Peace Prize books over the last decade: issues of race, class, gender, and their connections to violence."

In response to news of the honor, Steinem noted that "as a little girl reading about Eleanor Roosevelt in a Toledo neighborhood library--or a grown-up recommending books like Sex and World Peace to all who will listen--I've learned that words give us our ideas of what is possible. I'm honored to be any part of a recognition that words and ideas must lead the way."