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"there were boys who read books" in school; for, she had
always thought that "serious grown-up men thought important
things like how to meet the payments on the refrigerator."9
Despite the lack of a structured early education, Steinem
scored so highly on the College Board Examination that she
was accepted by Smith College following her graduation
from Washington High School in 1952.10 In 1956, she graduated
Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in government
from Smith College.
At Smith, Steinem lived among young women from the top
levels of American society, thus, by the time she was twenty,
Steinem had observed many facets of American culture and
environment. Her experiences gave her needed insight into
the problems common to women with varied life styles. If
moving to Washington, D. C., and attending Smith College had
been major steps in her life, the most important event occurred
during Steinem's post graduate study as a Chester Bowles Asian
Fellow at the University of Calcutta in India.
During her stay in India, Steinem first became cogni-
zant of the miserable human conditions which exist in the
world. The two years of study in Far Eastern government
"sowed the seeds of political awareness. She recalled the
deep, almost physical anger she felt in response to the human
misery she saw around her, and there she came to realize that
the affluent American society was the exception, not the rule
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Timmerman, Susan McCue. A Burkeian Analysis of the Rhetoric of Gloria Steinem, thesis, August 1973; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc935569/m1/48/?rotate=180: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .