Gloria Steinem, a feminist, writer, and co-founder of Ms. magazine, visited Southern Illinois University Edwardsville on March 19, 2003. She gave a lecture titled "What You've Always Wanted to Know About Feminism and Been Afraid to Ask" in the Meridian Ballroom of the Morris University Center at 7:30 pm. Her visit was sponsored by the Illinois Arts Council, WSIE, The Arts and Education Council of Greater St. Louis, the National Endowment for the Arts, and Heartland Arts Fund.