People: Sep. 22, 1986

When she turned 50 two years ago, it was clear that time had passed by neither Gloria Steinem nor her causes. A co-founder and editor of Ms. magazine, she is still going strong on every front. All this week she will be sitting in as a guest host on the Today show, and she has a new book being published in November on Marilyn Monroe. The screen sex goddess, says Steinem, was "one person on the outside and totally another on the inside. I think there needed to be a book about Norma Jean, what made her like she was." Steinem's...

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