# Gloria Steinem, Feminist Icon and Ms Magazine Founder, Dies at 92

Gloria Steinem, a legendary feminist activist and journalist, died at age 92 in her New York home.

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Gloria Steinem, an American writer and journalist and a legend of the feminist movement, died at her home in New York at the age of 92. [^1]

In the 1970s, Steinem co-founded the first feminist magazine, Ms., alongside Bella Abzug and Betty Friedan. [^2]

Steinem is credited with inventing the concept of 'reproductive freedom' after infiltrating the Playboy Club in New York to expose the conditions of the women there. [^3]

Steinem's family announced her death via her Instagram profile, stating she passed peacefully surrounded by loved ones after a full life of working for equality. [^4]

In 1973, Gloria Steinem was presenting Ms., which she had founded two years prior in 1971. [^5]

Gloria Steinem planned to fight Playboy CEO Hefner and the porn industry in the following years. [^6]

## What this stands on

1. Gloria Steinem, an American writer and journalist and a legend of the feminist movement, died at her home in New York at the age of 92. (El Financiero, News)
2. In the 1970s, Steinem co-founded the first feminist magazine, Ms., alongside Bella Abzug and Betty Friedan. (El Financiero, News)
3. Steinem is credited with inventing the concept of 'reproductive freedom' after infiltrating the Playboy Club in New York to expose the conditions of the women there. (El Financiero, News)
4. Steinem's family announced her death via her Instagram profile, stating she passed peacefully surrounded by loved ones after a full life of working for equality. (El Financiero, News)
5. In 1973, Gloria Steinem was presenting Ms., which she had founded two years prior in 1971. (DIE ZEIT, News)
6. Gloria Steinem planned to fight Playboy CEO Hefner and the porn industry in the following years. (DIE ZEIT, News)

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