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84-619: The Croswell Opera House, or Adrian Union Hall as it was originally called, was completed in 1866. It was financed by the Adrian Union Hall Company, whose stockholders included future Michigan governor Charles Croswell . Its first public event, taking place on March 19, was a lecture by temperance advocate John Bartholomew Gough . The hall served many functions during its early years. It hosted concerts, lectures, festivals, and theatrical performances by both traveling troupes and amateur local groups. Famous speakers who visited

168-749: A landmark case in New York. When Croswell was seven years old his mother and younger sister died of fever. A few months later his father accidentally drowned in the Hudson River . Charles was taken in to live with the family of his mother's brother, Daniel Hicks. In 1837, when Croswell was 12, the Hicks family moved to Adrian, Michigan . At 16, he began studying to be a carpenter—his uncle's trade—and pursued that vocation for four years. According to one biography, he "worked at it very diligently ... maintaining himself, and devoting his spare time to reading and

252-510: A book." Ruth spent long periods in and out of sanatoriums for the mentally ill. Steinem was ten years old when her parents separated in 1944. Her father went to California to find work, while she and her mother continued to live together in Toledo. While her parents divorced under the stress of her mother's illness, Steinem did not attribute it at all to male chauvinism on the father's part—she claims to have "understood and never blamed him for

336-661: A daughter, who was named Sallie Hicks Croswell, after Croswell's mother. Elizabeth later remarried to become Elizabeth Merrill and donated the Croswell home in Adrian to the local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution . The home serves as the chapter offices. The house in Adrian, Michigan where he lived before his governorship was listed as a Michigan State Historic Site in 1958 and later listed on

420-413: A delegate for Shirley Chisholm in New York, but lost. In March 1973, she addressed the first national conference of Stewardesses for Women's Rights, which she continued to support throughout its existence. Stewardesses for Women's Rights folded in the spring of 1976. Despite her influence in the feminist movement, Steinem also earned criticism from some feminists as well, who questioned whether she

504-506: A heavily mined zone that divides South Korea from nuclear North Korea. In addition to Steinem, participants in crossing the DMZ included organizer Christine Ahn from Hawaii; feminist Suzuyo Takazato from Okinawa; Amnesty International human rights lawyer Erika Guevara of Mexico; Liberian peace and reconciliation advocate Leymah Gbowee ; Philippines lawmaker Liza Maza ; Northern Ireland peace activist Mairead Maguire and Colonel Ann Wright,

588-455: A joint-stock company at a cost of $ 35,000. This building is located on the lower end of Maumee street, and fronts directly on it. It is one hundred and fifteen feet and ten inches deep, by sixty-four feet and four inches wide, and built of such a height that the main hall will finish thirty-two feet in the clear. The principal audience room is at some little distance from the street, and is reached through an arched passage-way, on each side of which

672-426: A late-night radio show, Steinem garnered attention for declaring " George McGovern is the real Eugene McCarthy". In 1968, Steinem was chosen to pitch the arguments to McGovern as to why he should enter the presidential race that year; he agreed, and Steinem "consecutively or simultaneously served as pamphlet writer, advance 'man', fund raiser, lobbyist of delegates, errand runner, and press secretary". McGovern lost

756-615: A law partnership with Thomas M. Cooley , who later became Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court . This partnership continued until 1859, when Cooley moved to Ann Arbor . In 1862, Croswell was appointed the City Attorney of Adrian, and in the same year was elected mayor. In the general election in the fall of 1862, he was elected from the 10th District to the Michigan Senate . He was re-elected from

840-688: A new group, the Croswell Players, was formed to continue offering theater during the fall, winter and spring. Eventually, the Croswell's summer and winter theater programs would merge. In 1970, the tradition of bringing high-profile speakers to Adrian to speak at the Croswell was revived. Speakers in the theater's Town Hall series, which ran from 1970 to 1996, included Gloria Steinem , Helen Thomas , Arianna Huffington , Ralph Nader , Julian Bond , Art Linkletter , Jeane Dixon , Bella Abzug , Kitty Carlisle , Charlton Heston , and "Dear Abby" author Pauline Phillips . A capital campaign to renovate

924-435: A number of educational programs, including summer performance and technical theater camps, an all-area high school musical, paid summer internships for college students, and a variety of children's performances. Theater professionals with a Croswell background include: Charles Croswell Charles Miller Croswell (October 31, 1825 – December 13, 1886) was the 17th governor of Michigan from 1877 to 1881. Croswell

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1008-475: A photo of Steinem in Bunny uniform and detailed how women were treated at those clubs. Steinem has maintained that she is proud of the work she did publicizing the exploitative working conditions of the bunnies and especially the sexual demands made of them, which skirted the edge of the law. However, for a brief period after the article was published, Steinem was unable to land other assignments; in her words, this

1092-456: A phrase it includes the freedom to have children or not to. So it makes it possible for us to make a coalition." In 1972, she co-founded the feminist magazine Ms. alongside founding editors Letty Cottin Pogrebin , Mary Thom , Patricia Carbine , Joanne Edgar, Nina Finkelstein, Dorothy Pitman Hughes , and Mary Peacock; it began as a special edition of New York , and Clay Felker funded

1176-582: A regular segment entitled "Surrealism in Everyday Life". Steinem eventually landed a job at Felker's newly founded New York magazine in 1968. In 1969, she covered an abortion speak-out for New York Magazine , which was held in a church basement in Greenwich Village, New York . Steinem had had an abortion herself in London at the age of 22. She felt what she called a "big click" at

1260-726: A retired officer who resigned from the U.S. military to protest the US invasion of Iraq. Steinem was the honorary co-chairwoman of 2015 Women's Walk For Peace In Korea with Mairead Maguire , and in the weeks leading up to the walk Steinem told the press, "It's hard to imagine any more physical symbol of the insanity of dividing human beings." The group's main goal is to advocate disarmament and seek Korea's reunification. It will be holding international peace symposiums both in Pyongyang and Seoul in which women from both North Korea and South Korea can share experiences and ideas of mobilizing women to stop

1344-415: A roaming antiques dealer. Before Gloria was born, her mother, Ruth, then age 34, had a "nervous breakdown" which left her an invalid, trapped in delusional fantasies that occasionally turned violent. She changed "from an energetic, fun-loving, book-loving" woman into "someone who was afraid to be alone, who could not hang on to reality long enough to hold a job, and who could rarely concentrate enough to read

1428-442: A sacrament' was right. Speaking for myself, I knew it was the first time I had taken responsibility for my own life. I wasn't going to let things happen to me. I was going to direct my life, and therefore it felt positive. But still, I didn't tell anyone. Because I knew that out there it wasn't [positive]." She also said, "In later years, if I'm remembered at all it will be for inventing a phrase like 'reproductive freedom'  ... as

1512-463: A sacrament." Steinem herself attributed it to "an old Irish woman taxi driver in Boston", whom she said she and Florynce Kennedy met. On May 24, 2015, International Women's Day for Disarmament, thirty women— including two Nobel Peace laureates and retired Colonel Ann Wright — from 15 countries linked arms with 10,000 Korean women, stationing themselves on both sides of the DMZ to urge a formal end to

1596-501: A semi-satirical essay for Cosmopolitan titled "If Men Could Menstruate" in which she imagined a world where men menstruate instead of women. She concludes in the essay that in such a world, menstruation would become a badge of honor with men comparing their relative sufferings, rather than the source of shame that it had been for women. On March 22, 1998, Steinem published an op-ed in The New York Times ("Feminists and

1680-765: A similar anti-woman animus. Years later, Steinem described her mother's experience as pivotal to her understanding of social injustices. These perspectives convinced Steinem that women lacked social and political equality . Steinem attended Waite High School in Toledo and Western High School in Washington, D.C. , graduating from the latter while living with her older sister Susanne Steinem Patch . She then attended Smith College , an institution with which she continues to remain engaged, from which she received her A.B. magna cum laude and graduated Phi Beta Kappa . In 1957, Steinem had an abortion . The procedure

1764-596: A six-issue story arc, which would culminate in a battle over an abortion clinic where Wonder Woman was to defend women trying to use their services, a critical feminist issue at the time. The story outlines and the work already done on the issues was scrapped, something that Steinem was not aware of and made no attempt to rectify. In 1976, the first women-only Passover seder was held in Esther M. Broner's New York City apartment and led by Broner, with 13 women attending, including Steinem. In 1977, Steinem became an associate of

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1848-540: A twenty-two-year-old American on her way to India. Knowing only that she had broken an engagement at home to seek an unknown fate, he said, 'You must promise me two things. First, you will not tell anyone my name. Second, you will do what you want to do with your life.'" In the late 1950s, Steinem spent two years in India as a Chester Bowles Asian Fellow. After returning to the United States, she served as director of

1932-662: A utopia of gender equality, "What It Would Be Like If Women Win", in Time magazine. On July 10, 1971, Steinem was one of more than three hundred women who founded the National Women's Political Caucus (NWPC), including such notables as Bella Abzug , Betty Friedan , Shirley Chisholm , and Myrlie Evers-Williams . As a co-convener of the Caucus, she delivered the speech " Address to the Women of America ", stating in part: This

2016-685: Is a fund for women that strengthens frontline women's rights activists around the world by increasing their access to financial resources, political leaders, and media visibility. Today they support 15 partner organizations in 13 countries and manage two thematic funds – the Gloria Steinem Equality Fund to End Sex Trafficking with 13 grantees and the Efua Dorkenoo Fund to End Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) with 5 grantees. Steinem's involvement in presidential campaigns stretches back to her support of Adlai Stevenson in

2100-447: Is a large stage, 30x32 feet, which is fitted up for theatrical exhibitions, with scenery, dressing-rooms, &c. In the arrangement of the scenery, some new ideas are carried out, several of the side scenes folding up, while the principal fines, five in number, are suspended from large cylinders overhead, being hoisted and lowered by means of machinery, completely doing away with the squeaking, rattling and confusion generally attendant upon

2184-438: Is an elegant and commodious store. It is eighty feet in depth and sixty-three feet wide, with a gallery on three sides containing three rows of seats, calculated to seat with comfort fifteen hundred people. In the erection of the gallery a new feature is introduced, which, by means of trusses, braces and iron ties, makes it self-supporting, and entirely does away with the necessity of columns or ungainly brackets to support it. There

2268-419: Is no simple reform. It really is a revolution. Sex and race because they are easy and visible differences have been the primary ways of organizing human beings into superior and inferior groups and into the cheap labor on which this system still depends. We are talking about a society in which there will be no roles other than those chosen or those earned. We are really talking about humanism. In 1972, she ran as

2352-504: Is owned by the Croswell Opera House and Fine Arts Association, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Its artistic director since 2009 is Jere Righter. The majority of shows produced at the Croswell are musicals. A live orchestra, rather than recorded music, is employed for all of the theater's full-length musicals. In addition to established works, the Croswell has premiered several new plays and musicals, including: The Croswell offers

2436-448: Is somewhat accidental. A woman member of Congress, for example, might be identified as a member of Congress; it doesn't mean she's any less of a feminist but she's identified by her nearest male analog. Well, I don't have a male analog so the press has to identify me with the movement. I suppose I could be referred to as a journalist, but because Ms. is part of a movement and not just a typical magazine, I'm more likely to be identified with

2520-639: Is still in operation and now known as the Croswell Opera House . One afternoon in December 1886, he sat down by the stove in the offices of the Lenawee County Savings Bank and complained of a chill. This was the beginning of an illness that was to claim his life. He died on December 13, 1886, at the age of 61. Croswell was buried at Oakwood Cemetery in Adrian. Three months after Croswell's death, his widow gave birth to

2604-587: The 1952 presidential campaign . A proponent of civil rights and fierce critic of the Vietnam War , Steinem was initially drawn to Senator Eugene McCarthy because of his "admirable record" on those issues, but after meeting him and hearing him speak, she found him "cautious, uninspired, and dry". As the campaign progressed, Steinem became baffled at "personally vicious" attacks that McCarthy leveled against his primary opponent Robert F. Kennedy , even as "his real opponent, Hubert Humphrey , went free". On

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2688-639: The National Register of Historic Places as the Governor Charles Croswell House in 1972. A painting of Croswell now hangs in the Michigan State Capitol. Gloria Steinem Gloria Marie Steinem ( / ˈ s t aɪ n əm / STY -nəm ; born March 25, 1934) is an American journalist and social-political activist who emerged as a nationally recognized leader of second-wave feminism in

2772-743: The South African apartheid system. At the outset of the Gulf War in 1991, Steinem, along with prominent feminists Robin Morgan and Kate Millett , publicly opposed an incursion into the Middle East and asserted that ostensible goal of "defending democracy" was a pretense. During the Clarence Thomas sexual harassment scandal in 1991, Steinem voiced strong support for Anita Hill and suggested that one day Hill herself would sit on

2856-555: The Supreme Court . In 1992, Steinem co-founded Choice USA , a non-profit organization that mobilizes and provides ongoing support to a younger generation that lobbies for reproductive choice. In 1993, Steinem co-produced and narrated an Emmy Award-winning TV documentary for HBO about child abuse, called, "Multiple Personalities: The Search for Deadly Memories". Also in 1993, she and Rosilyn Heller co-produced an original TV movie for Lifetime, "Better Off Dead", which examined

2940-508: The Women's Action Alliance which, until 1997, provided support to a network of feminist activists and worked to advance feminist causes and legislation. In the 1990s, Steinem helped establish Take Our Daughters to Work Day , an occasion for young girls to learn about future career opportunities. In 2005, Steinem, Jane Fonda , and Robin Morgan co-founded the Women's Media Center , an organization that "works to make women visible and powerful in

3024-530: The Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press (WIFP). WIFP is an American nonprofit publishing organization. The organization works to increase communication between women and connect the public with forms of women-based media. In 1984, Steinem was arrested along with a number of members of Congress and civil rights activists for disorderly conduct outside the South African embassy while protesting against

3108-641: The " Writers and Editors War Tax Protest " pledge, vowing to refuse tax payments in protest against the Vietnam War . In 1969, she published an article, "After Black Power, Women's Liberation" which brought her to national fame as a feminist leader. As such she campaigned for the Equal Rights Amendment , testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee in its favor in 1970. That same year she published her essay on

3192-694: The 10th District in 1864 and from the 8th District in 1866. During this whole period he was president pro tempore and Chairman of the Judiciary Committee. In 1867, Croswell was elected a member of the Constitutional Convention to revise the Michigan Constitution , and selected as the presiding officer. In 1868, he was chosen an elector on the Republican presidential ticket, casting, with his associates,

3276-601: The 20th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women , and as part of that campaign Steinem (and others) spoke at the Apollo Theater in New York City. Chime For Change was funded by Gucci, focusing on using innovative approaches to raise funds and awareness especially regarding girls and women. Steinem has stated, "I think the fact that I've become a symbol for the women's movement

3360-685: The Clinton Question") in which she claimed that Bill Clinton 's alleged behavior did not constitute sexual harassment, although she did not actually challenge the accounts by his accusers . The op-ed was criticized by various writers, as in the Harvard Crimson and in the Times itself. In 2017, Steinem, in an interview with the British newspaper The Guardian , stood by her 1998 New York Times op-ed, but also said: "I wouldn't write

3444-527: The Croswell faced increasing competition from drive-in theaters and television. A theater with about 1,000 seats — the Croswell's capacity at the time — but only one screen was impractical to operate. In March 1967, the Butterfield chain announced it would not renew its lease, and owner Harry Angell put the building up for sale. The last movie of the Butterfield era, The Sound of Music , closed on September 16, 1967. With Butterfield's decision to pull out,

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3528-539: The Croswell was in danger of being demolished. But Charlie Hickman, the owner of local manufacturing company Brazeway, stepped forward to buy the building, and a new nonprofit organization was chartered to take over its operation. The newly revived Croswell staged its first summer season of live theater in 1968, beginning with a production of Neil Simon 's Barefoot in the Park . This was followed by Summer and Smoke , Oliver! , and Once More, With Feeling . That fall,

3612-479: The Croswell's front lobby were purchased in 1978 and 1979 and added to the theater, becoming space for rehearsals, offices and an art gallery. The theater was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. The Croswell is a producing theater and operates year-round, staging six to eight full-scale musicals per year, along with straight plays, children's theater, and occasional concerts. It

3696-777: The Independent Research Service, an organization funded in secret by a donor that turned out to be the CIA . She worked to send non-Communist American students to the 1959 World Youth Festival . In 1960, she was hired by Warren Publishing as the first employee of Help! magazine. In 1950s, she was influenced by Mahatma Gandhi , and later she went ahead to model her campaign after Gandhi's independence movement. Esquire magazine features editor Clay Felker gave freelance writer Steinem what she later called her first "serious assignment", regarding contraception ; he didn't like her first draft and had her re-write

3780-804: The Indian feminist movement with her colleague and friend, Ruchira Gupta . In 2014, Steinem and Gupta traveled through India to meet the country's young feminists, writers, and thought leaders. A diary was kept documenting their travels, "Notes on A Tour of the Indian Women's Movement". Since 2011, Steinem has been one co-conveners of the Frontline Women's Fund, a project of the Sisterhood Is Global Institute along with former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay and Jessica Neuwirth . The Frontline Women's Fund

3864-482: The Korean War (1950-1953), the reunification of families divided during the war, and a peace building process with women in leadership positions to resolve seventy years of hostility following WWII. It was unusual for South Korea and North Korea to reach consensus on allowing peace activists to enter the tense border area, one of the world's most dangerous places, where hundreds of thousands of troops are stationed in

3948-507: The Korean crisis. It is especially believed that the role of women in this act would help and support the reunification of family members divided by the split prolonged for 70 years. She is also the chair of the advisory board of Apne Aap Women Worldwide, an organization fighting sex trafficking and inter-generational prostitution in India, founded by Ruchira Gupta . She has also written extensively on her travels, experiences with women and

4032-588: The Riviera Theatre in Three Rivers . In 1919, a projection booth was built onto the front of the building and a long arcade-style lobby was added; previously, patrons had to walk down a long alley from Maumee Street and wait outdoors before a show. In 1921, the original horseshoe-shaped balcony was torn out and replaced and the entire interior of the theater was redesigned. Some of the theater's distinctive features include ornate plaster detailing around

4116-730: The State House of Correction at Ionia and the Eastern Asylum for the Insane at Pontiac were opened, and the new capitol building at Lansing was completed and occupied. During his second term, he presided at the dedication of the capitol building and helped prevent great destruction of a riot in Jackson . In 1887, Davisville, a small town in Michigan's Thumb, was renamed Croswell in his honor. Croswell married Lucy M. Eddy,

4200-499: The United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Steinem was a columnist for New York magazine and a co-founder of Ms. magazine. In 1969, Steinem published an article, "After Black Power, Women's Liberation," which brought her national attention and positioned her as a feminist leader. In 1971, she co-founded the National Women's Political Caucus which provides training and support for women who seek elected and appointed offices in government. Also in 1971, she co-founded

4284-596: The acquirement of knowledge." Croswell began to study the law in 1846. That same year, he was appointed Deputy Clerk of Lenawee County . His uncle, Daniel, had been the first Register of Deeds for Lenawee County. In 1847, Hicks went to fight in the Mexican–American War . After returning from the war, Hicks went to Sault Ste. Marie to be a collector of the port there and soon after died from yellow fever , which he had contracted in Mexico . After this, Charles bought

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4368-488: The article. Her resulting 1962 article about the way in which women are forced to choose between a career and marriage preceded Betty Friedan 's book The Feminine Mystique by one year. In 1963, while working on an article for Huntington Hartford 's Show magazine, Steinem was employed as a Playboy Bunny at the New York Playboy Club . The article, published in 1963 as " A Bunny's Tale ", featured

4452-445: The breakup." Nevertheless, the impact of these events had a formative effect on her personality: while her father, a traveling salesman, had never provided much financial stability to the family, his exit aggravated their situation. Steinem concluded that her mother's inability to hold on to a job was evidence of general hostility towards working women. She also concluded that the general apathy of doctors towards her mother emerged from

4536-464: The daughter of Adrian pioneer Morton Eddy, on February 4, 1852. They had five children, only three of whom survived past childhood. Lucy Croswell died of spinal apoplexy on March 19, 1868, while her husband was at the state Republican convention in Detroit. She left behind one son and two daughters: Charles Morton, Harriet (Hattie), and Lucy Elizabeth. In 1880, Croswell married Elizabeth Musgrave, who

4620-408: The demands of that era's increasingly elaborate theatrical productions, the stage was expanded and the roof above the stage raised. In the early 20th century, the Croswell faced increasing competition from movie theaters. It was purchased in 1919 by Harry Angell and Robert Codd, who undertook two major renovations. The first, in 1919, converted the Croswell into a movie house. A long arcade-style lobby

4704-472: The entire auditorium, two tall organ towers on either side of the stage with decorate urns built into them, and large panels on the walls reminiscent of the ones that can be seen in Brompton's RIviera Theatre. From 1921 until the 1970s, only minor changes were made to the Croswell's interior. In 1976, an addition was built on the back of the theater for a scene shop and offices. Two buildings on either side of

4788-448: The entire length of the building. The ceiling and walls are to be frescoed, and if finished according to design, will present an elegant and tasteful appearance, reflecting much credit on the designers and owners, and the city. In the erection of the structure there is no attempt at the gaudy or gorgeous, everything in and about it is plain, sold [sic.] and substantial. It was designed by H. N. White, of Syracuse, New York, and erected under

4872-541: The first issue. Its 300,000 test copies sold out nationwide in eight days. Within weeks, Ms. had received 26,000 subscription orders and more than 20,000 reader letters. In 1974, Ms. collaborated with public television to produce the television program Woman Alive! , and Steinem was featured in the first episode in her role as co-founder of Ms. magazine. The magazine was sold to the Feminist Majority Foundation in 2001; Steinem remains on

4956-409: The first talking picture shown was Weary River . During World War II, the Croswell raised more than $ 1 million for the war effort by holding "war bond premieres." The management would bring in a popular new film, and tickets were not for sale; only a newly purchased war bond would entitle a person to admission. Charity toy drives and children's food matinees were also common. By the 1960s, however,

5040-564: The house in Adrian that he had helped to build from his aunt for $ 1,700. In 1848, Croswell ran on the Whig ticket for the position of County Clerk, but was defeated. In 1850, he was elected as a Whig to be Register of Deeds for the county in 1850 and was re-elected in 1852. In 1854, he took part in the formation of the Republican Party , where he was a member and Secretary of the convention held at Jackson, Michigan . In 1855 he formed

5124-509: The local newspaper usually referred to it as "New Hall." Around 1869, it started to be called the Opera House. When Charles Croswell retired as governor in 1881, he returned to Adrian and began buying up shares in the Adrian Union Hall Company, eventually becoming the majority shareholder; he then tasked his son, Charles Croswell Jr., with managing the theater. At this time it became known as Croswell's Opera House. Charles Croswell Jr. gave up

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5208-519: The manager's job after his father's death in 1886, but although the possessive was dropped, the name stuck. A new lobby was added to the original building in 1882. In 1885, the theater's first electric lights were installed — just two of them — and the entire theater was outfitted for electricity in 1895. The lighting apparatus was designed by Harry A. Fee, who is better known for creating Hidden Lake Gardens in nearby Franklin Township. In 1896, to meet

5292-513: The masthead as one of six founding editors and serves on the advisory board. Also in 1972, Steinem became the first woman to speak at the National Press Club . In November 1977, Steinem spoke at the 1977 National Women's Conference among other speakers including Rosalynn Carter , Betty Ford , Lady Bird Johnson , Bella Abzug , Barbara Jordan , Cecilia Burciaga , Lenore Hershey , and Jean O'Leary . In 1978, Steinem wrote

5376-432: The media." As of May 2018 , Steinem was traveling internationally as an organizer and lecturer, and was a media spokeswoman on issues of equality. In 2015, Steinem, alongside two Nobel Peace Laureates ( Mairead Maguire of Northern Ireland and Leymah Gbowee of Liberia ), Abigail Disney , and other prominent women peace activists, undertook a journey from the capital of North Korea, Pyongyang to South Korea, crossing

5460-414: The most famous female superhero had been depowered, had placed Wonder Woman (in costume) on the cover of the first issue of Ms. (1972)— Warner Communications , DC Comics' owner, was an investor—which also contained an appreciative essay about the character. In doing so, however, Steinem forced the firing of Samuel R. Delany who had taken over scripting duties with issue #202. Delany was supposed to write

5544-443: The most heavily militarized zone in the world between the two Koreas. Steinem was born on March 25, 1934, in Toledo, Ohio , the daughter of Ruth (née Nuneviller) and Leo Steinem. Her mother was Presbyterian , mostly of German (including Prussian ) and some Scottish descent. Her father was Jewish , the son of immigrants from Württemberg , Germany, and Radziejów , Poland. Her paternal grandmother, Pauline Perlmutter Steinem ,

5628-513: The movement. There's no other slot to put me in." Contrary to popular belief, Steinem did not coin the feminist slogan "A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle". Although she helped popularize it, the phrase is actually attributable to Irina Dunn . When Time magazine published an article attributing the saying to Steinem, Steinem wrote a letter saying the phrase had been coined by Dunn. Another phrase sometimes wrongly attributed to Steinem is: "If men could get pregnant, abortion would be

5712-494: The opera house included Susan B. Anthony , Elizabeth Cady Stanton , Frederick Douglass , Thomas Nast , Henry Ward Beecher , and Ralph Waldo Emerson . During the 19th century it hosted performances by Edwin Booth , John Philip Sousa , and Buffalo Bill Cody ; the early 20th century saw appearances by Mrs. Patrick Campbell and Maude Adams . The Croswell has gone by many different names. During its first few years of operation,

5796-528: The parallel forces that both oppose abortion and support the death penalty. She contributed the piece "The Media and the Movement: A User's Guide" to the 2003 anthology Sisterhood Is Forever: The Women's Anthology for a New Millennium , edited by Robin Morgan . On June 1, 2013, Steinem performed on stage at the "Chime For Change: The Sound Of Change Live" Concert at Twickenham Stadium in London, England. Later in 2014, UN Women began its commemoration of

5880-517: The same thing now." In 1967, although with a progressive past, Steinem was outed as a CIA operative marketing Cold war propaganda, with a task to minimize negative perception of the USA in the global arena and promote the promise of Black assimilation "absent from beating, lynching, rapes, fire hoses, police dogs, batons and Klansmen" which were everyday life for Black Americans, putting in question her contribution to anti-racism. In 1968, Steinem signed

5964-425: The shifting and sliding of the different pieces, and as a whole scene is raised or lowered at once, the ridiculous gap often seen in the center of an elegant painting is obviated. In the basement are the furnaces for heating the building, a large storeroom capable of containing all the seats of the hall, when it is cleared for the benefit of those tripping the “light fantastic toe,” and a large dining room, which extends

6048-400: The speak-out, and later said she didn't "begin my life as an active feminist" until that day. As she recalled, "It [abortion] is supposed to make us a bad person. But I must say, I never felt that. I used to sit and try and figure out how old the child would be, trying to make myself feel guilty. But I never could! I think the person who said: 'Honey, if men could get pregnant, abortion would be

6132-582: The supervision of Mr. Smith, a master-builder of this city. Writing some time later, local historian R.I. Bonner reported that the Croswell was patterned after Wieting Hall in Syracuse . The physical appearance of the Croswell changed several times over the course of the 19th century. A 14-foot addition was built on the front of the theater in 1882, and the stage roof was raised in 1896 to accommodate more elaborate scenery. The 1919 and 1921 renovations were directed by architect J.C. Brompton, who also designed

6216-465: The theater was announced in May 2015, with changes to include new public spaces, more restrooms, Americans with Disabilities Act improvements, and electrical and other infrastructure upgrades. Construction began in 2016 and the theater reopened in May 2017. The 2017 season marked the Croswell's 50th summer as a producing theater. The Croswell was originally designed by Horatio Nelson White . In 1865, while

6300-510: The theater was still under construction, a correspondent for the Detroit Free Press visited Adrian and gave this description: During this season, notwithstanding the high wages, cost of lumber and all building materials, there have been many fine buildings, dwellinghouses and stores erected. The first one particularly attracting attention on entering the city from the depot is “Union Hall,” a large brick structure erected and owned by

6384-740: The vote of the State of Michigan for Grant and Colfax . In 1872 he was elected from the Lenawee County 4th District to the Michigan House of Representatives , and made Speaker of the House. He also, for several years, served as Secretary of the State Board of Corrections and Charities, repeatedly visiting nearly all the poor-houses and jails of the state. In 1876 he was nominated by the Republican Party , for Governor of Michigan, and

6468-473: Was "because I had now become a Bunny—and it didn't matter why." However, on the upside, the article compelled the owner of Playboy, Hugh Hefner , to review and improve the working conditions of the Bunnies. In the interim, she conducted an interview with John Lennon for Cosmopolitan magazine in 1964. In 1965, she wrote for NBC-TV's weekly satirical revue, That Was The Week That Was (TW3) , contributing

6552-411: Was added to the front of the building, as was a projection booth. Then, in 1921, the original balcony was torn out and replaced and the entire auditorium remodeled. It was during this renovation that the Croswell's interior took on its modern appearance. The Croswell was leased in 1927 by W.S. Butterfield Theatres , which would continue to operate it for the next 40 years. It was wired for sound in 1929;

6636-550: Was born in Newburgh, New York , the only son of John and Sallie (née Hicks) Croswell. His father, who was of Scots-Irish extraction, was a paper maker, and carried on business in New York City. His ancestors on his mother's side were of Knickerbocker descent. Some members of the Croswell family were connected with notable events in New York and Connecticut , including Harry Croswell , a pro- Federalist newspaper editor , convicted of libel against President Thomas Jefferson in

6720-650: Was chairwoman of the educational committee of the National Woman Suffrage Association , a delegate to the 1908 International Council of Women , and the first woman to be elected to the Toledo Board of Education, as well as a leader in the movement for vocational education. Pauline also rescued many members of her family from the Holocaust . The Steinems lived and traveled about in a trailer, from which Leo carried out his trade as

6804-617: Was committed to the movement or using it to promote her glamorous image. The Redstockings also singled her out for agreeing to cooperate with the CIA-backed Independent Research Service. It was also acknowledged that Steinem worked as a CIA agent when this operation was taking place. Steinem, who grew up reading Wonder Woman comics, was also a key player in the restoration of Wonder Woman's powers and traditional costume, which were restored in issue #204 (January–February 1973). Steinem, offended that

6888-421: Was elected by a majority of 23,434 over his Democratic competitor. He was re-nominated in 1878, and succeeded by a majority of 47,777 over his highest opponent. During his administration the public debt was greatly reduced; a policy adopted requiring the state institutions to keep within the limit of appropriations; laws enacted to provide more effectually for the punishment of corruption and bribery in elections;

6972-505: Was performed by Dr. John Sharpe, a British physician, when abortion was still illegal. Years later, Steinem dedicated her memoir My Life on the Road (2015) to him. She wrote, "Dr. John Sharpe of London, who in 1957, a decade before physicians in England could legally perform an abortion for any reason other than the health of the woman, took the considerable risk of referring for an abortion

7056-481: Was twenty-five years his junior. A daughter by his second wife was born three months after his death. Croswell returned to Adrian in 1881 after two terms as governor. He was active in retirement, serving as president of the Lenawee County Savings Bank. He also began buying shares in the Adrian Union Hall Company, which operated the town's largest event hall; he eventually became its majority owner and in 1883 installed his son, C.M. Croswell Jr., as its manager. The theater

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