Feminist icon Gloria Steinem dies at 92
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- Feminist leader Gloria Steinem has died at the age of 92.
- CBS News highlighted her role in changes that expanded women’s access to loans and credit cards in the United States.
Gloria Steinem, the feminist leader who helped change women’s access to credit in the United States, has died at 92.
Before 1974, single women often needed a man to co-sign for loans. Married women could receive credit cards only in their husbands’ names.
Steinem and the women’s movement she helped lead played a role in changing those practices. CBS News looked back at her life and legacy.
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