Gloria Steinem, the American journalist, author and activist who was one of the most recognizable and enduring faces of the feminist movement, has died at age 92, her foundation announced Thursday.
“Yesterday, Gloria Steinem passed away peacefully at her home in New York City, surrounded by some of the many who loved her,” Gloria’s Foundation said in a statement. It did not specify the cause of death.
The announcement sparked an outpouring of tributes honoring her decades of boundary-pushing activism.
Steinem “pushed open doors not just for herself, but for literally millions of women behind her,” said Hillary Clinton, the first woman to serve as US secretary of state and the country’s first female presidential nominee of a major political party.
Nancy Pelosi, the first female US House speaker, called Steinem “a fearless trailblazer who transformed the fight for equality in America and inspired generations of women to know their power.”
