What We Need to Know: Steinem’s Legacy, Voting Rights, and Black Women on the Rise

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A Feminist Icon Passes at 92

Gloria Steinem, the feminist trailblazer and founder of Ms. Magazine, has died at the age of 92. Across decades of activism, Steinem never claimed the movement as her own alone. She openly credited Black women leaders, including Dorothy Pittman Hughes and Alice Walker, with shaping the core principles that guided her work. Steinem understood something we have always known: the fight for gender equality cannot be separated from civil rights and racial justice. She spoke often about how these struggles are woven together, and her willingness to name and honor the Black women beside her leaves a legacy worth remembering.

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