Gloria Steinem, the journalist and women's rights campaigner who became one of the most influential voices of the feminist movement, has died at the age of 92. In an announcement on Instagram, her family said she had passed away on Wednesday at her home in New York City, surrounded by some of the many who loved her.

Iconic activist, who began her career as a journalist, spent decades speaking all over the world with messages that championed women's rights; father was Jewish

The founder of Ms. magazine became known as the face of second-wave feminism.