Alert Gloria Steinem, feminist organizer and civil rights activist, dies at 92 Nicole Fallert USA Today Sep 3, 2026 Sep 3, 2026 Updated Oct 10, 2026 0 × StringersHub Gloria Steinem, the pioneering American journalist and feminist activist who helped transform the women's rights movement, has died at the age of 92 Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Civil rights activist and journalist Gloria Steinem died Wednesday at age 92, according to her official Instagram page.kAm$E6:?6> QA2DD65 2H2J A62467F==J 2E 96C 9@>6 :? }6H *@C< r:EJ[ DFCC@F?565 3J D@>6 @7 E96 >2?J H9@ =@G65 96C[Q E96 A@DE C625] Qv=@C:2’D ?62C\46?EFCJ @? 62CE9 H6C6 J62CD H6==\=:G65[ 2?5 D96 4@?E:?F65 H@C<:?8 7@C 6BF2=:EJ F?E:= E96 G6CJ 6?5]Qk^AmkAmQv=@C:2’D 8C62E6DE 8:7E H2D 96C 23:=:EJ E@ =:DE6? E@ @E96CD[ E@ >2<6 @E96CD 766= D66? 2?5 962C5] w6C H@C5D[ 24E:@?D[ 2?5 6I2>A=6 82G6 A6@A=6 A6C>:DD:@? 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Gloria Steinem, pioneering voice of the women's movement, dies at 92. Gloria Steinem, the pioneering American journalist and feminist activist who helped transform the women's rights movement, has died at the age of 92
