# Gloria Steinem: An icon of American feminism

https://mins.news/en/item/43525

- BBC News, 2026-09-03 10:22 UTC
- Culture
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqv5wxyp5xwo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Gloria Steinem became a defining figure in the US feminist movement and spent decades campaigning for women's equality. She advocated legal abortion, same-sex marriage and equal rights and pay, and co-founded Ms. magazine with feminist activists in 1972.

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