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Gloria Steinem, Ms. Magazine co-founder, dies at 92
The Hindu··3 Sept
Gloria Steinem, co-founder of Ms. Magazine and a leading US women's movement figure, has died at 92. She died Wednesday at her New York City home, her foundation's social media pages said. She began as a journalist and later became a full-time activist after an abortion-rights speak-out. Her foundation said her greatest gift was her ability to listen to others.
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What It Means For You
- Readers following US gender rights history lose a primary living source who shaped coverage from the 1960s onward.
- Her 2015 book My Life on the Road and the 2020 film The Glorias remain public records of that work.
- Quotes she gave the Associated Press on abortion rights and democracy remain on the record for citation.
What's Happening
- Multiple outlets reported she died Wednesday in New York City at age 92.
- Her foundation posted that her words and example gave people permission to be their truest selves.
- Coverage recalled her 1963 undercover report on Hugh Hefner's Playboy Clubs, which she later said she regretted.
How She Entered Activism
- Steinem credited a speak-out on abortion rights about six years after the Playboy assignment with changing her path.
- She told the AP she had undergone a secret illegal abortion at age 22.
- She spent decades speaking at campuses, community centres, rallies and marches across the United States.
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