Gloria Feldt
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Feldt with Albert Wynn on steps of U.S. Supreme Court at a rally for abortion rights on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade
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April 13, 1942 Temple, Texas |
| Occupation | Co-founder and president of Take The Lead, feminist, writer, author, speaker |
| Genre | Nonfiction |
| Subject | Leadership, power, women's rights |
| Notable works | No Excuses: 9 Ways Women Can Change How We Think About Power |
| Notable awards | Vanity Fair, America's Top 200 Women Leaders |
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Gloria Feldt (born April 13, 1942) is a The New York Times best-selling author,speaker, commentator, and feminist leader who has gained national recognition as a social and political advocate of women's rights. In 2013, with Amy Litzenberger, she founded Take the Lead, a nonprofit initiative with a goal to propel women to leadership parity by 2025. She is a former CEO and president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, directing the organization from 1996 to 2005.
Gloria Feldt was born on April 13, 1942 in Temple, Texas. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1974 from the University of Texas of the Permian Basin.
She first joined Planned Parenthood in 1974 at the Permian Basin Planned Parenthood office (now Planned Parenthood of West Texas). Beginning in 1978, she headed its Central Northern Arizona office. "Her superlative compassion and conviction," according to Women in the World Foundation, "combined with her intelligence and charisma, have carried her from teenage motherhood in West Texas to a thirty-year career with the reproductive health provider and advocacy group Planned Parenthood Federation of America." While running the Central Northern Arizona Planned Parenthood office as family planning became controversial and politically charged, Feldt traveled with a bodyguard and avoided working in well-lit, open offices with large windows that could be targeted by protestors.
From 1996 to 2005, she was CEO and president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America. She was the architect and instigator of contraceptive coverage by insurance.
Active early in her career in the civil rights movement, she often comments on women's issues, including in a June 2012 Salon online magazine article. MSNBC interviewed her for a piece about the War on Women that aired March 19, 2012.The New York Times' Adriana Gardella did a Q&A with Feldt in 2010, featuring her in its business section.
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