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Gloria Steinem, the American journalist and feminist icon, has died at the age of 92, her foundation announced in a statement on Thursday.
"Yesterday, Gloria Steinem passed away peacefully at her home in New York City, surrounded by some of the many who loved her," Gloria's Foundation said in a statement posted on Instagram, without specifying the cause of death.
Before becoming a leading figure in the women's rights movement, Steinem got her start in journalism in the 1960s and wrote an expose of the pervasive sexism faced by cocktail waitresses at New York's Playboy Club, a nightclub chain themed around the Playboy brand.
She credited her feminist awakening to a 1969 meeting where women spoke up about the experience of having abortions, and she moved from writing to public speaking. She spent decades of her life traveling across the United States and the world, attending conferences and protests.
In the 1970s, Steinem founded Ms. Magazine, one of the first mainstream feminist publications in the U.S., and the National Women's Political Caucus, an organization created to increase women's participation in American politics, and organized the first National Women's Conference in Houston.
"Gloria's near-century on earth were years well-lived, and she continued working for equality until the very end," her foundation said. "Gloria's greatest gift was her ability to listen to others, to make others feel seen and heard... Gloria lived true to her independent spirit, always with curiosity and a great sense of humor."
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