Steinem was a celebrated author and activist who became one of the most visible symbols and potent voices of the U.S. women's movement and a fierce advocate for feminist causes throughout her life.
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Gloria Steinem has died at the age of 92. Before 1974, single women often needed a man to co-sign for loans, and married women could only get credit cards in their husbands' name. That changed thanks to Steinem and the women's movement she helped lead. Norah O'Donnell looks back on the life of the feminist icon.
Gloria Steinem, the journalist, activist and organizer who became the most recognizable face of the U.S. women's movement, died Wednesday at 92. The big picture: Steinem resisted being cast as feminism's singular face, but for six decades she carried its ideas into mainstream America across its second and third waves. Steinem made the personal political: An illegal abortion at 22 preceded decades of fighting first to legalize abortion and then to defend that right. Steinem died peacefully, surr…
