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Sep 2, 2026

Gloria Steinem, pioneering feminist activist, dies at 92

Gloria Steinem, the journalist and women's rights activist who became an icon of the modern feminist movement and co-founded Ms. Magazine, has died at age 92. She spent more than five decades fighting for gender equality and women's civil and reproductive rights.

Sep 2, 2026·21 sources
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  • ▪Gloria Steinem's feminist activism was catalyzed in 1969 when she attended an abortion 'speak-out' in a New York church, where women publicly shared their experiences with illegal abortions
  • ▪Gloria Steinem, a pioneering feminist activist, journalist, and co-founder of Ms. Magazine, died on September 2, 2026, at her home in New York City at the age of 92
  • ▪Following the publication of 'A Bunny's Tale,' Gloria Steinem struggled to get serious journalism assignments because editors primarily associated Steinem with being a Playboy Bunny

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