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Her foundation said she "passed away peacefully" at her home in New York City, "surrounded by many who loved her".
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BBC News – World BBC
Feminist activist and journalist Gloria Steinem dies at 92
Her foundation said she "passed away peacefully" at her home in New York City, "surrounded by many who loved her".
CBS
Feminist icon Gloria Steinem dies at 92
Gloria Steinem has died at the age of 92. Before 1974, single women often needed a man to co-sign for loans, and married women could only get credit cards in their husbands' name. That changed thanks to Steinem and the women's movement she helped lead. Norah O'Donnell looks back on the life of the feminist icon.
Guardian
Gloria Steinem personified America’s feminist movement | Moira Donegan
The activist made the movement mainstream – and became a receptacle for its hopes and disappointments Gloria Steinem, groundbreaking feminist campaigner, dies aged 92 ‘We badly need to raise our boys more like our girls’: Gloria Steinem – a life in quotes By the time she died on Wednesday, at 92 years old at her home in New York, Gloria Steinem was synonymous with feminism, a kind of human mascot for the movement. S…
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NPR – US NPR
Later in life, Gloria Steinem found herself free of the 'demands of gender'
In 2015, the trailblazing feminist told Fresh Air she that had entered a new phase in life, one in which "you can do what you want." Steinem died Sept. 2 at the age of 92.
Guardian
An Unexpected Life by Gloria Steinem review – a fitting tribute to a feminist icon
The activist’s memoir, due to be published this month, now stands as a posthumous testament to her remarkable life Gloria Steinem was due to speak at a women’s lunch in New York at the end of this month and at more events in October, illustrating the central theme of An Unexpected Life, her new memoir, which, when it’s published a few weeks from now, will stand as posthumous testament to the 92-year-old icon: just k…
CBS
Hillary Clinton on Gloria Steinem: "One of the architects" of women's equality
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton remembered activist Gloria Steinem as "one of the architects of the entire structure of women's equality," while encouraging young women to lift up each other.
CBS
Hillary Clinton reflects on Gloria Steinem's impact on women's rights
Writer and women's rights trailblazer Gloria Steinem died Wednesday at 92, her foundation announced Thursday. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton joined "CBS Mornings" via phone to reflect on Steinem's life and impact.
CBS
Journalist and feminist trailblazer Gloria Steinem dies at 92
Gloria Steinem, who co-founded Ms. Magazine and played a significant role in the women's liberation movement, died Wednesday at 92, her foundation announced Thursday on social media.
NPR
Dems demand DHS fund election security. And, journalist Gloria Steinem has died
Two Democrats are demanding that Homeland Security officials fund election security ahead of the midterms. And, trail-blazing journalist Gloria Steinem has died.
NPR – US NPR
Gloria Steinem, trailblazing journalist and activist, dies at 92
At a time when women were largely limited to domestic roles, Steinem challenged gender stereotypes and championed feminist ideals like equality, sisterhood and reproductive freedom.
TIME
Feminist Activist and Icon Gloria Steinem Dies at 92
Gloria Steinem, the feminist activist who inspired a generation of women and fought for gender equality, "passed away peacefully" at her home in New York City.
NYTimes – US NYT
Gloria Steinem, Personification of the Women’s Movement, Dies at 92
She challenged sexist assumptions, helping women develop a sense of self-worth and gain a measure of equality at work, at home and in society at large.
CBS
Gloria Steinem, trailblazing figure in women's liberation movement, dies at 92
BBC News – World BBC
How Gloria Steinem changed the lives of generations of women
The trailblazing feminist spoke out for the legalisation of abortion, same-sex marriage and equal pay for women - but her activism was not without backlash.
Guardian
Gloria Steinem, groundbreaking feminist campaigner, dies aged 92
Famous for the 1963 exposé in which she worked as a Playboy Bunny, her books and journalism took on many varieties of discrimination Gloria Steinem, the American feminist and journalist whose activism helped push through greater rights for women around the world has died, aged 92. Steinem “passed away peacefully at her home in New York City, surrounded by some of the many who loved her”, a statement shared to her In…
Sky News – Front Page Sky
Gloria Steinem, feminist who helped change lives of US women, has died
Gloria Steinem, the trailblazing feminist and journalist, has died aged 92.
