US feminist icon Gloria Steinem dies at 92
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September 3, 2026
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)âAmerican journalist, activist and feminist icon Gloria Steinem has died, her foundation said on Thursday. She was 92.
âYesterday, Gloria Steinem passed away peacefully at her home in New York City, surrounded by some of the many who loved her,â Gloriaâs Foundation said in a statement posted on Instagram. It did specify the cause of death.
Before becoming a leading figure in the womenâs rights movement, Steinem cut her teeth in journalism in the 1960s, denouncing the inequalities women endured at a time when many in the US still needed their husbandâs approval to open a bank account.
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