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Gloria Steinem, writer and activist who became a feminist icon, dies at 92

From El Comercio · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Gloria Steinem, the American writer and journalist known as a leading feminist activist, died at 92 at her home in New York.
  • Her career included investigative journalism, the creation of the National Women’s Political Caucus and the founding of Ms. magazine.
  • Steinem continued writing and supporting equality initiatives until the final years of her life.

Gloria Steinem, one of the most recognizable figures in feminist activism, has died at 92 at her home in New York. Her death became known on September 3 through a message posted on her Instagram profile, which said she died peacefully surrounded by loved ones.

The message also emphasized that Steinem worked for equality until the end of her life. Born on March 25, 1934, in Toledo, Ohio, she spent much of her childhood moving around the United States and did not attend school regularly until she was 11. She later studied government at Smith College, an unusual field for women at the time.

bunny

· Narrative description of Steinem’s undercover reportingThe term describes the role she adopted while investigating working conditions at the Playboy Club.

After graduating, Steinem underwent an illegal abortion. She began her professional life as director of the Independent Research Service, an organization financed by the CIA, before moving into freelance journalism. She wrote for Esquire about issues affecting women and later worked with Huntington Hartford’s Show. In the 1960s, she went undercover as a Playboy Club “bunny” in New York to expose the conditions in which the women lived and worked.

reproductive freedom

· Gloria SteinemThe concept she developed after covering an abortion event, referring to the freedom to decide whether to have children.

Steinem joined the founding staff of New York Magazine in 1968. After covering an abortion event, she developed the idea of “reproductive freedom”, understood as the freedom to decide whether to have children. She later helped create the National Women’s Political Caucus with activists including Bella Abzug and Betty Friedan.

In the 1970s, she and Dorothy Pitman Hughes founded Ms., the first feminist magazine. The message after her death praised Steinem’s ability to listen and make people feel understood, adding that her words, actions and example gave others the freedom to be themselves. “Gloria lived true to her independent spirit, always curious and with a great sense of humor,” it said. Steinem survived breast cancer in the 1980s and received Spain’s Princess of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities in 2021. Her final years focused on spending time with others and writing.

Gloria lived true to her independent spirit, always curious and with a great sense of humor

· Message posted on Steinem’s Instagram profileThe message remembered her character and lifelong approach to her work.
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Originally published by El Comercio in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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