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Gloria Steinem represents second-wave American feminism. Steinem was destined to succeed and showed extraordinary strength dealing with difficult family circumstances, a peripatetic upbringing, and financial straights that forced her as a teenager to support herself and her divorced, emotionally troubled mother.

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Mohandas K Gandhi, is a revered figure for his nonviolent action to free India from British rule. This book follows Gandhi from his family's home, via sojourn in England to prepare for a law career, to his growth from a timid new barrister in South Africa to India's foremost negotiator with the British power structure.

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The son of civic-minded immigrant parents, Ralph Nader was taught from an early age to appreciate the citizen's role in a democracy.

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This is the Dalai Lama's story - his early family life, his education as the 14th incarnation of the Lama, his exile in India, and his struggles to help Tibet regain independence from China. The book offers an historical overview of the Tibetan crisis after the Chinese invasion.