Gloria Steinem, the pioneering journalist, writer, and activist who became a symbol of the fight for women’s freedom around the world, has died at 92.
For more than six decades, Gloria dedicated her life to women’s freedom. In 1963, she went undercover as a Playboy Bunny to expose the working conditions women faced. In 1971, she co-founded the National Women’s Political Caucus, and in 1972, she co-founded Ms. Magazine, creating a platform that put women’s rights and experiences front and center.
She fought for reproductive freedom, economic equality, and women’s political power, helping lead a movement that changed what women could expect from their lives, from financial independence to making decisions about their own bodies.
In 2013, she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and in 2017, she helped lead the historic Women’s March in Washington.
Gloria was the epitome of a trailblazer who dedicated her life to making women more free. Rest in power, Gloria.