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Steinem Dies at 92
Gloria Steinem, the co-founder of Ms. Magazine and a prominent U.S. feminist activist, died Wednesday at her home in New York City at age 92.
“passed away peacefully at her home in New York City”
The Associated Press reported that Steinem died in declining health and that a post on her social media page said she had recently completed a memoir to be released this fall.
The Hollywood Reporter said Steinem “passed away peacefully” at her home in New York City “surrounded by many who loved her,” citing posts on her and her foundation’s Instagram accounts.
In a 2015 Associated Press interview, Steinem said, “You can’t do it on the phone or on the web,” adding, “You have to be there with all five senses.”
Voices Remember Her
Abigail Disney, described by the Associated Press as Steinem’s friend and fellow activist, said she visited Steinem’s Manhattan home a bit over a week ago and that “She was just as funny and just as sharp as I have ever known her.”
Disney also told the Associated Press that “Everything Gloria did was rooted in kindness,” describing how it “flowed through her political activism.”
The Associated Press quoted a post on Steinem’s social media page saying, “Gloria’s greatest gift was her ability to listen to others, to make others feel seen and heard.”
The Hollywood Reporter included a statement from Women’s Media Center president and CEO Julie Burton, saying, “Gloria once wrote a letter to Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun.”
Legacy and What’s Next
Steinem’s activism and journalism spanned decades, and the Associated Press said she became one of the most visible symbols and potent voices of the U.S. women’s movement for over six decades.
“Either our control over our own bodies is equal, regardless of sex or race”
The Associated Press also tied her abortion-rights advocacy to the reversal of Roe v. Wade, quoting Steinem saying, “Either our control over our own bodies is equal, regardless of sex or race, or we’re not living in a democracy.”
The Hollywood Reporter said Steinem co-founded the National Women’s Political Caucus in 1971 and Ms. magazine a year later, and it noted she produced and hosted HBO’s Emmy-winning 1993 child-abuse documentary Multiple Personalities: The Search for Deadly Memories.
The Guardian said Steinem was arrested in 1984 while protesting against apartheid outside the South African embassy in Washington DC, and it described her as campaigning against domestic violence and female genital mutilation as well as the pornography industry and the Vietnam and Gulf wars.