Gloria Steinem, the pioneering journalist and activist who helped define the second-wave feminist movement in America, has died at the age of 92, her foundation confirmed. Steinem rose to prominence in the late 1960s and early 1970s as a leading voice in the women's liberation movement, co-founding Ms. magazine in 1971 and becoming one of the most recognizable faces of feminism in the United States. Over a career spanning more than five decades, she wrote, spoke, and organized on issues ranging from reproductive rights to pay equity, shaping public discourse on gender equality for generations. Her death marks the passing of a defining figure in the modern struggle for women's rights.
The feminist icon who became leader of the women's liberation movement in the US died on Wednesday at the age of 92, according to her foundation.
