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S T I L W E L L, Okla., Sept. 6 — Gloria Steinem, the
feminist icon who once dismissed marriage as an
institution that destroys relationships, is a
first-time bride at the age of 66.
Steinem, the co-founder of Ms. magazine, married
South African-born entrepreneur David Bale, 61, in rural
Oklahoma on Sunday.
“Though I’ve worked many years to make marriage more
equal, I never expected to take advantage of it myself,”
Steinem said in a release issued by Voters for Choice, a
political action committee she helped create.
“I’m happy, surprised and one day will write about it, but
for now, I hope this proves what feminists have always said
— that feminism is about the ability to choose what’s right at
each time of our lives.”
Ceremony at Sunrise
The small ceremony attended by close family and friends
took place in the Adair County home of Wilma Mankiller,
former chief of the Cherokee Nation and Steinem’s friend,
said Nicole Vandenberg, a Voters for Choice board member.
It was conducted at sunrise by an Oklahoma judge and
Charlie Soap, a Cherokee spiritual person and Mankiller’s
husband.
During the ceremony, the word “partners” was
substituted for “husband and wife.”
Steinem and Bale, the father of Shaft and American
Psycho actor Christian Bale, met in October 1999 at a Voters
for Choice benefit in Los Angeles, Vandenberg said. Bale is a
longtime supporter of the group.
An anti-apartheid activist at an early age, Bale has lived
mostly in England, the release said. There, he worked as a
pilot and among other projects helped import the first
skateboards to the country. Bale moved to Los Angeles in
1990.
Steinem, who grew up in Toledo, Ohio, authored books
including Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions and
Revolution from Within.
The couple plans to divide their time between New York,
where Steinem is a consulting editor to Ms. magazine, and
Bales’ work and home in Los Angeles, the release said.
But don’t look for Steinem to trade her Ms. for a Mrs.
She’ll keep her name, Vandenberg said. |
