The United States has lost another hero. Women's rights activist Gloria Steinem has died.
Gloria Steinem, the American writer, lecturer, activist and organizer who fought for gender equality and women's civil and reproductive rights for more than five decades, has died, her foundation said. She was 92 years old.
The co-founder and consulting editor of Ms. Magazine championed the feminist movement from the late 1960s onwards and inspired generations of women. . . .
Steinem founded the National Women's Political Caucus in 1971 with former U.S. Representatives Bella Abzug and Shirley Chisholm and writer Betty Friedan, whose 1963 book "The Feminine Mystique" ushered in the second wave of feminism.
Among other groups, she also created the Coalition of Labor Union Women, the Women's Media Center, Voters for Choice, and the Ms. Foundation for Women.
In 2013 then-President Barack Obama awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest U.S. civilian honor.
