ABC and Cokie Roberts Celebrate Gloria Steinem: 'Led a Movement' for Women

[See NewsBusters for more.] On Sunday's This Week, they concluded the show with a feminist tribute. ABC’s Cokie Roberts sat down with feminist legend Gloria Steinem for what should’ve been an interview on her first book in over 20 years, My Life on the Road. Instead, it was a celebration of her life. George Stephanopoulos gushed that Steinem “sat down with our own pathbreaker, Cokie Roberts, for a look back at 50 years of change in feminism and journalism.” Roberts began by suggesting today’s young women don’t appreciate the Old Guard enough: “Gloria Steinem, loved and hated by millions, grew up in a world modern Americans wouldn't recognize. Women were legally denied jobs and credit and shut out of prominent positions. But instead of accepting that world, she led a movement to change it.” Steinem talked about feeling the pressure to have a family, and then found she was happier without one.