Gloria Steinem, the writer, activist and icon of the feminist movement, has died. She was 92.
Steinem “passed away peacefully” at her home in New York City “surrounded by many who loved her,” according to posts on her and her foundation’s Instagram accounts.
Considered by some to be the world’s most famous feminist, the Toledo, Ohio, native began her career as a journalist, penning political columns and features for New York magazine and writing for such other publications as Esquire and The New York Times Magazine.
She also received an Emmy nomination (shared with David Frost, Buck Henry and others) in 1965 for writing on the series That Was the Week That Was.
In one of her early endeavors, Steinem went undercover for 11 days as a Bunny at a Playboy Club for a 1963 exposé in Show magazine and experienced punishing hours for low pay and a side of sexual harassment. Show touted Steinem as “a writer who combines the hidden qualities of a Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude graduate of Smith College with the more obvious ones of an ex-dancer and beauty queen.”
