Gloria Steinem, A 92-Year-Old Feminist Icon, Activist, And Co-Founder of Ms. Magazine, Passed Away
The 92-year-old American feminist icon Gloria Steinem, who founded Ms. magazine, has away. She “passed away peacefully at her home in New York City, surrounded by some of the many who loved her” yesterday, according to a joint message from her Instagram account and The Gloria Steinem Foundation.
Gloria’s capacity to listen to people and give them a sense of being heard and seen was her greatest gift. The post said, “Her words, deeds, and example allowed people to be their truest selves.” “Gloria always had a great sense of humor and curiosity, and she lived true to her independent spirit.” Go through the entire
Steinem worked in journalism for the majority of her career before becoming one of the most well-known voices in American feminism.
Her exposé on Hugh Hefner’s Playboy business, in which she went undercover as a Playboy Bunny to reveal the circumstances facing the young ladies, is one of her most well-known early pieces.
Although Steinem later claimed she regretted the assignment since the association ruined the remainder of her career, the tale sparked a heated debate in American society.
She then became one of the founders of Ms., one of the first publications in America to focus on women as more than just housewives and homemakers. Additionally, Steinem was a founding member of the Women’s Action Alliance, an organization dedicated to eradicating sexism.
Inspired by women speaking in the Roe v. Wade case, where the Supreme Court declared abortion to be a constitutional right, she emerged as a leading proponent of abortion rights in the 1970s. “Either our control over our own bodies is equal, regardless of sex or race, or we’re not living in a democracy,” Steinem wrote in an email to the AP following the removal of the right in 2022.
