Gloria Steinem Knew How to Live

Contributing Opinion Writer

I’m trying to remember the first time I heard about Gloria Steinem.

It may have been from her article about working as a Playboy bunny, which made a big splash in 1963. I used to babysit for a family across the street from us in Cincinnati. By local standards, they were very sophisticated. The husband was possibly the only non-Catholic in the area, and if I had more time I’d tell you about the day when his friendly neighbors went over to celebrate his birthday by giving him the best gift they could think of — a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

OK, not going there. During one of my babysitting nights I came across a magazine that included Gloria’s Bunny piece. Back then, people regarded the scantily clad Playboy Club waitresses as either wildly........

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