The expression “the personal is political” easily comes to mind when thinking of Steinem, whose own origin story strongly shaped her inclination toward activism.

A pioneering activist and journalist, Steinem was one of the women’s liberation movement’s most outspoken advocates.

Famous for the 1963 exposé in which she worked as a Playboy Bunny, her books and journalism took on many varieties of discrimination

Unflinching campaigner for women’s and civil rights who galvanised a generation of activists