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Gloria Steinem Dies at 92, Foundation Urges Donors to Give

9/4/2026

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Gloria Steinem Passes

The Gloria Steinem Foundation announced her peaceful passing on Instagram on September 3.
The post said she was surrounded by many who loved her at her New York home.
The foundation asked donors to give to the organization instead of sending flowers.
Contributions will fund programs that amplify women’s voices in media and politics, per the foundation’s mission.

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Gloria Steinem Dies

Gloria Steinem died peacefully at age 92 in New York City, surrounded by loved ones.
President Barack Obama awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013.
She co-founded the National Women’s Political Caucus and Ms. magazine in the early 1970s.
Her 1963 undercover Playboy Bunny exposé revealed sexism and low wages.
Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi called Steinem a trailblazer for women’s rights.

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Gloria Steinem Mobilizes

She co-founded the Women's Action Alliance and Voters for Choice.
She served as founding president of the Ms. Foundation for Women, a multiracial grant-making body.
She helped launch the Beyond Racism Initiative, a three-year study with South Africa and Brazil.
She hosted talking circles for hundreds at her home, insisting in-person presence beats digital interaction.
The first Ms. issue sold 300,000 copies in eight days, prompting mockery from President Nixon.

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Historical Context

The 1970 National Women's Conference in Washington, D.C., convened by President Nixon, produced 26 resolutions advancing gender equality. The newly formed National Organization for Women, co-founded by Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem, recruited over 200,000 members within its first year. Steinem’s later 1977 essay questioning gender transition, and her 2022 reversal supporting transgender rights, echo the conference’s early debates on expanding feminist inclusivity. That historic push set a precedent that now frames contemporary fights for LGBTQ protections and fuels ongoing debates within feminist movements.

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Gloria Steinem Passes

The Gloria Steinem Foundation announced her peaceful passing on Instagram on September 3.
The post said she was surrounded by many who loved her at her New York home.
The foundation asked donors to give to the organization instead of sending flowers.
Contributions will fund programs that amplify women’s voices in media and politics, per the foundation’s mission.

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