Gloria Steinem’s revolutionary life – podcast
Women | The Guardian
From going undercover as a Playboy bunny to founding Ms Magazine, Steinem brought feminism into the US mainstream. Carter Sherman explains her legacy
By the time she died last week at the age of 92, Gloria Steinem had become almost synonymous with the modern feminist movement in the US.
The arc of Steinem’s life – and activism – was a long one. From going undercover as a Playboy bunny to becoming a radical publisher bringing feminism into the mainstream. She was a fearless reproductive rights campaigner. In Ms Magazine she wrote about having an abortion – and encouraged other famous women, and readers, to do the same to break the stigma around it.
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