Dolly Parton, top, on Nov. 11, 1982 in Nashville and Gloria Steinem on Feb. 17, 1970 in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, Anthony Camerano, File)
Gloria Steinman, bottom, shown on Feb. 29, 2020 in New York, and Dolly Parton, pictured in in Lexington, Ky. on Aug. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini/Invision and Timothy D. Easley, File)
Sunny Holiday poses for a photo near a mural of Dolly Parton on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Women’s rights spokeswoman Gloria Steinem attends a news conference at the American Civil Liberties Union office in New York, July 12, 1973. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
One shaped and delivered the language of feminism. The other rejected the label but showed how feminism can be done: with a microphone dusted in rhinestones, and without apology.
