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Gloria Steinem Dies at 92, Co-Founded Ms. Magazine

By Drooid · Sep 13, 2026, 2:46 PM UTC · How we work

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Gloria Steinem Dies

Gloria Steinem died at age 92 on Sept. 2, 2026 in New York City.
She co-founded Ms. Magazine in 1971, the first major U.S. women’s-issues publication.
Steinem helped launch the Women’s Media Center after a 2005 Manhattan meeting with other leaders.
Tributes praised her work on reproductive rights, pay equity, and inclusion of women of color.

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Steinem on Roe

Steinem witnessed the Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade in 2022, ending federal abortion protections.
She wrote a 2020 New York Times letter condemning the Trump administration’s attacks on trans-people’s healthcare.
In a 2016 Memphis Magazine interview Steinem declared feminist and trans movements “one and the same.”
She noted two women nearly won the presidency, but President Donald Trump defeated them in 2016 and 2020.

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Historical Context

Gloria Steinem co-founded Ms. magazine in 1971, and its July 1972 debut featured a petition listing 53 women who had abortions, a year before the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling legalized the procedure. Steinem’s 2022 condemnation of the Supreme Court’s reversal echoes that earlier legal volatility, linking the magazine’s early activism to today’s fight for reproductive rights.

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Gloria Steinem Dies

Gloria Steinem died at age 92 on Sept. 2, 2026 in New York City.
She co-founded Ms. Magazine in 1971, the first major U.S. women’s-issues publication.
Steinem helped launch the Women’s Media Center after a 2005 Manhattan meeting with other leaders.
Tributes praised her work on reproductive rights, pay equity, and inclusion of women of color.

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