Overview
- The Gloria Steinem Foundation announced that Steinem died peacefully at her New York home on Wednesday, Sept. 2, surrounded by loved ones and without a cause of death provided.
- The foundation has asked for donations in lieu of flowers, said Steinem’s Talking Circles will continue, and it plans a public celebration of her life in New York later this year.
- Steinem’s six‑decade career included co‑founding Ms. magazine, the National Women’s Political Caucus and the Women’s Media Center, and she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013.
- Leaders, writers and artists from across politics and culture — including Hillary Clinton, Jill Biden, Meghan Markle and Patti Smith — paid tribute to Steinem and her influence on generations of women.
- Her death renews focus on the institutions and archives she helped build that activists and donors may use to sustain organizing on reproductive rights, workplace equality and political representation.