Founder 100: Gloria Steinem, 92, Leaves a Movement Still in Motion

Sep 3

1 min read

Updated: Sep 8

Founder 100 Magazine covers the operating environment under the headlines. Gloria Steinem, co-founder of Ms. magazine and a defining voice of modern American feminism, has died at 92. Her talent was making private injustice public enough to legislate.

The unfinished work

Pay, care labor, and bodily autonomy remain live arguments. Remembering Steinem means measuring whether women still have to fight for the microphone she spent a life seizing.

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