Gloria Feldt

Gloria Feldt (born April 13, 1942) is an American author,[1] speaker, commentator, and feminist activist who gained recognition as a social and political advocate of women's rights.

"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.

Feldt is a frequent public speaker, lecturing at universities, civic and professional organizations, as well as national and international conferences on women's rights, politics, leadership, media, and health.

In October 2011, she sat on a panel, moderated by attorney mediator Victoria Pynchon, with feminist leaders Gloria Steinem, Shelby Knox and Jamia Wilson at the South Carolina Women Lawyers Association annual conference[12] She has also appeared in several forums on C-SPAN's Book TV.

[13] Feldt's commentary has appeared in The New York Times, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post, among other publications.

Feldt with Albert Wynn on steps of U.S. Supreme Court at a rally for abortion rights on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade