Inside Ms

Author Mary Thom was with the magazine from its earliest days, and as she introduces the striking personalities that shaped Ms., she traces the rise of one of the most transforming movements of twentieth-century America. From the energy and enthusiasm of founding editors Gloria Steinem and Pat Carbine and the talented writers who would go on to become household names, through the struggle for the Equal Rights Amendment, the backlash against feminism in the Reagan years, and the battles Ms. fought with advertisers, Inside Ms. brings us within this groundbreaking institution. Thom frankly…