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Gloria Steinem, groundbreaking feminist campaigner, dies aged 92
- On Wednesday, feminist icon Gloria Steinem died at her home in New York City at age 92. The Gloria Steinem Foundation announced she "passed away peacefully," surrounded by her loved ones.
- A 1963 undercover exposé of the Playboy Club launched Steinem's career, leading her to co-found Ms. magazine in 1971. This publication effectively elevated feminist issues like gender roles and abortion to the national spotlight.
- Meeting women at a 1969 abortion-rights speak-out served as the catalyst for Steinem's transition into public advocacy. She credited that pivotal experience as the beginning of her decades-long fight for reproductive freedom.
- Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Steinem was honored by former President Barack Obama in 2013 for her advocacy. She continued her work for equality and global peace well into her 90s.
- Maintaining her New York City brownstone as a center for social justice ensures her home remains a hub for the community-building work she championed. The Foundation confirmed the property will continue this community mission.
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The American Gloria Steinem died on Wednesday at the age of 92. As a figure of feminism, she had never ceased to travel across the United States to defend her ideas. After having made her weapons in journalism, she spent her life denouncing the inequalities suffered by women. - A major figure in feminism, American journalist Gloria Steinem died (Culture, media and entertainment).
She died at 92 in her New York home (ANSA)
·Rome, Italy
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Gloria Steinem was like a female Forrest Gump, always with the great historical caesuras of the 60s and 70s. Now the important fighter for women's rights died at the age of 92. Reason to celebrate it again.
·Berlin, Germany
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