Gloria Rachel Bloom
Gloria Allred, born Gloria Rachel Bloom on July 3, 1941 in Philadelphia, is a feminist attorney and media personality. She represented women in high-profile sexual harassment cases, including suing the Boy Scouts for gender discrimination and calling for President Bill Clinton to resign. She was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame.
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Philadelphia, 1941 — Gloria Rachel Bloom was born into a Jewish family. Allred has said she does not consider herself particularly religious, but her early environment in the city shaped her drive for justice.
After attending New York University and the University of Pennsylvania, she earned her law degree from Southwestern Law School.
Allred gained prominence representing Paula Jones in 1994. In 1998, she called for President Bill Clinton’s resignation, a stance that set her apart from other feminists. The Boy Scouts of America faced her lawsuit in 2003 over gender discrimination; she coined the term gender apartheid. Subsequent clients included Amber Frey 2004 and Charlotte Lewis 2010. She also made cameo appearances in films like Rat Race 2001 and John Q 2002, and voiced a character on The Proud Family 2001.
Allred married William Allred in 1969; they divorced in 1987. She has one daughter, Lisa Bloom, an attorney who occasionally appears on Allred’s radio show. A prior marriage to Peyton Huddleston Bray, Jr. lasted from 1960 to 1962. Despite her Jewish heritage, she describes herself as not particularly religious.
Allred’s lawsuits shifted public conversation about sexual harassment. The National Women’s Hall of Fame inducted her, acknowledging her impact. She co-hosts a radio show on KABC in Los Angeles. Her daughter Lisa Bloom continues her legal legacy. Her 2004 book Fight Back and Win outlines her strategies. As of 2025, she continues to practice law.
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I Don’t Run from Battle. I’m Fully Prepared for Battle. Let the Games Begin.
Miss Frey Has Been a Victim of Scott Peterson’s Deception.
Amber Frey Is a Heroine.
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Allred was the only prominent feminist activist who called for President Bill Clinton to resign after numerous women accused him of groping them. Nearly all other prominent feminist activists sided with Clinton, despite having supported accusers of Senator Robert Packwood and Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas.
Some of her sex-discrimination suits include suing the Boy Scouts for not admitting girls and KMART for having separate boys and girls toy sections.
She is an outspoken feminist attorney and radio talk show host.
She referred to the Boy Scouts’ policy of only admitting boys as gender apartheid and, during the 2003 California Gubernatorial Recall election, accused Arnold Schwarzenegger of being a Nazi sympathizer stating there were six-million reasons not to vote for him. No allegations of Schwarzenegger ties to Nazism have ever been substantiated.
She co-authored the book Fight Back and Win with Deborah Caulfield Rybak, detailing her legal battles.
She refers to President George W. Bush as the President select and once called Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas an Uncle Tom.
She has a daughter Lisa Bloom, with whom she practices law. Lisa occasionally appears on the radio show hosted by her mother and Mark Taylor at KABC in Los Angeles.
After bringing her sex-discrimination suit against the Boy Scouts, Allred was asked if she would represent a man suing the WNBA, LPGA, or a women’s college. She replied, That is a good question. I do not have an answer for you.
Her clients have included Charlotte Lewis, Paula Jones, Kristina Hagan, Amber Frey, and Rachel Uchitel.
Although she is Jewish, she does not consider herself particularly religious.
She stated on her KABC radio show her belief that single women on welfare should be given taxpayer-funded fertility treatment if they are unable to conceive.
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