It was announced today (Thursday, September 3) that feminist icon Gloria Steinem had died at the age of 92.
The journalist’s charitable foundation posted on social media that she had "passed away peacefully" at her home in New York City, "surrounded by many who loved her".
Born in Ohio in 1934, Steinem became the recognised leader of second-wave feminism in the United States in the late 1960s, writing a column for New York magazine and co-founding the magazine Ms..
She found fame with her 1969 article After Black Power, Women's Liberation and two years later co-founded both the Women's Political Caucus to help women seek political office and the Women's Action Alliance to support feminist activists.
In the 1990s she helped establish Take Our Daughters to Work Day, to help young girls learn about career opportunities, then teamed up with Jane Fonda and Robin Morgan in 2005 to co-found the Women's Media Center, “to make women visible and powerful in the media."
Along the way she published numerous books, wrote for a string of publications and won countless awards for her writing and activism.
Here are 15 memorable quotes from Gloria Steinem.
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5. Gloria Steinem on...feminism
"Feminism has never been about getting a job for one woman. It's about making life more fair for women everywhere. It's not about a piece of the existing pie; there are too many of us for that. It's about baking a new pie." | Getty Images for HBO
6. Gloria Steinem on...families
"Happy or unhappy, families are all mysterious. We have only to imagine how differently we would be described - and will be, after our deaths - by each of the family members who believe they know us." | Getty Images for HBO
7. Gloria Steinem on...money
"It is more rewarding to watch money change the world than watch it accumulate." | Getty Images
8. Gloria Steinem on...laughter
"You can compel fear. You can even make someone feel they're in love if they're isolated and dependent for long enough. But laughter is free." | Getty Images