<P> Gloria Stivic (née Bunker), is a fictional character played by Sally Struthers on the American situation comedy All in the Family (which aired on the CBS television network from 1971 until 1979) and the spin - off series Gloria (CBS, 1982--83). She was the only child of Archie and Edith Bunker, and she was married to--and eventually divorced from--Michael Stivic . She was born 11 months after Edith and Archie were married as stated in the episode The Longest Kiss (Season 5, Episode 10). </P> <P> Gloria was often caught in the middle of arguments between her liberal husband Michael and her conservative father, Archie . As her relationship with Michael progressed, Gloria concluded that her parents were wrong about a lot of things and sided with her husband's liberal beliefs . Despite his affections for her, Michael was also using his marriage to get the long - sheltered Gloria to share his own beliefs as well . </P> <P> Gloria's mother mentioned (in the pilot) that Gloria was anemic and was therefore overprotected as a child . Archie often referred to Gloria as his "little goil" (girl). </P> <P> In season 7's "Mike and Gloria Meet", it is explained that Mike and Gloria met in 1969, the evening of President Nixon's inauguration (Mike had been planning to protest the event, but opted to go on a blind date with Gloria instead). They did not initially like one - another, until they discovered that they shared a mutual love of ballroom dancing . They married in 1970 in Archie and Edith's home in a civil ceremony (as a means of compromise between Archie's wish that they be married by a Protestant minister and Mike's Uncle Cass' preference of a Catholic priest). </P>

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