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Robin Morgan Dies at 85; Sisterhood Is Powerful Editor

9/7/2026

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Robin Morgan Dies

Robin Morgan died at age 85 in Manhattan, New York, on Saturday.
Her son Blake Morgan confirmed the death and said he is her sole survivor.
Morgan edited the landmark 1970 anthology Sisterhood Is Powerful.
She served as editor-in-chief of Ms. magazine for five years.
She co-founded Women’s International Terrorist Conspiracy from Hell and New York Radical Women.

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Margot Wallström Awarded

Women’s Media Center created the Robin Morgan Sisterhood is Powerful Award and presented it to Margot Wallström.
Wallström accepted award and recited a poem ending, “Like the pen for a girl, it’s more powerful than a sword!”
Dior’s first female creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri launched a T-shirt line celebrating Morgan’s Sisterhood anthology.
WMC’s SheSource program links journalists with women experts to increase female visibility in news coverage.

History

Historical Context

In 1970 Robin Morgan edited Sisterhood Is Powerful, the first widely available anthology of second-wave feminism, later cited by the New York Public Library as one of the 100 most influential books of the 20th century. Building on that legacy, Morgan co-founded the Women’s Media Center in 2005 with Gloria Steinem and Jane Fonda, which now bestows the Robin Morgan Sisterhood is Powerful honor on figures such as politician Margot Wallström.

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Robin Morgan Dies

Robin Morgan died at age 85 in Manhattan, New York, on Saturday.
Her son Blake Morgan confirmed the death and said he is her sole survivor.
Morgan edited the landmark 1970 anthology Sisterhood Is Powerful.
She served as editor-in-chief of Ms. magazine for five years.
She co-founded Women’s International Terrorist Conspiracy from Hell and New York Radical Women.

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