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Pro-abortion feminist icon Gloria Steinem has died at 92
Gloria Steinem, a journalist, feminist icon, and abortion advocate, has passed away at the age of 92.
Steinem was a journalist who founded Ms. Magazine and authored several books.
She was known as a feminist leader in the 1970s, campaigning for policies like the Equal Rights Amendment.
Steinem also pioneered the "Take Our Daughters to Work Day" movement in the 1990s.
Steinem was an ardent supporter of legal abortion.
Gloria Steinem was known as the face of second-wave feminism in the 1960s and 1970s, after escaping poverty and neglect as a child. Despite having some struggles with access to education growing up, Steinem graduated college with honors, and began a career as a journalist.
Her feminist awakening came in 1969, when she attended a "speak-out" where women discussed undergoing illegal abortions, which she called a turning point in her life.
She co-founded the National Women's Political Caucus in 1971, and continued writing. Her career break as a journalist came after she went undercover as a bunny at the Playboy Club, and exposed the degrading and demeaning environment there. Steinem later founded Ms. Magazine, the first periodical to be owned and operated solely by women, and which discussed women's issues beyond beauty and gossip.
Interestingly, she played a key role in revitalizing the Wonder Woman comic books; an avid reader of the comic books growing up, she wanted to see Wonder Woman's powers restored, and was successful in the effort. The first ever issue of Ms. Magazine featured Wonder Woman on the cover.
Steinem also helped create the "Take Our Daughters to Work Day" movement in the 1990s, which encouraged parents to take their daughters to work with them to learn about what they do, and to make girls visible and accepted in the workplace.
Steinem also co-founded the Frontline Women's Fund, giving millions in grant money to organizations dedicated to ending things like female genital mutilation, sex trafficking, and sexual violence against women in war and in communities.
While Steinem did much good for the feminist movement, she was also an outspoken abortion advocate. She underwent her own abortion in secret in 1957, which is why she said the abortion speak-out years later affected her so much.
“Suddenly I was no longer learning intellectually what was wrong. I knew,” Steinem said in 1983. “I had had an abortion when I was newly out of college, and I told no one. If one in three or four adult women shares this experience, why should we be made to feel criminal and alone?”
In addition to featuring Wonder Woman, the first issue of Ms. Magazine included an open letter from 53 female celebrities who said they had undergone abortions.
Steinem frequently campaigned against pro-life laws throughout her career, and remained a lifelong, ardent pro-abortion activist.
“The truth of the matter is one in three American women was having an abortion when it was illegal; and one in three is having an abortion now," she said in an interview with The Guardian, claiming, “If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament.”
She also insisted she never regretted her abortion, even dedicating one of her books to the abortionist who committed the procedure.
“[Abortion] is supposed to make us a bad person," she said. "But I must say, I never felt that. I used to sit and try and figure out how old the child would be, trying to make myself feel guilty. But I never could!”
Steinem was preceded in death by her husband, David Bale, father of actor Christian Bale. She had no living biological children, but was stepmother to her husband's four adult children.
Her death was announced on her social media pages, with the statement noting that she passed away peacefully at the age of 92, surrounded by loved ones:
Gloria’s greatest gift was her ability to listen to others, to make others feel seen and heard. Her words, actions, and example gave people permission to be their truest selves. Gloria lived true to her independent spirit, always with curiosity and a great sense of humor.
She spent her recent years doing the two things she loved most: being in community with others and writing. She has welcomed hundreds of guests into her living room for Talking Circles, a tradition she insisted will continue long after she is no longer with us.
As Gloria wrote in her forthcoming book, 𝘈𝘯 𝘜𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦, “I have now lived for more than fifty years in this brownstone, in rooms that have witnessed lives before mine, and will know others after I am gone.” This book, along with her commitment to her home becoming a center for social justice movements, are among the many gifts Gloria has given the world with the hope they have ripple effects for generations to come. Gloria often quoted the adage: “The flap of a butterfly’s wing can change the weather hundreds of miles away.”...
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·Pro-abortion feminist icon Gloria Steinem has died at 92
Gloria Steinem, a journalist, feminist icon, and abortion advocate, has passed away at the age of 92.
Steinem was a journalist who founded Ms. Magazine and authored several books.
She was known as a feminist leader in the 1970s, campaigning for policies like the Equal Rights Amendment.
Steinem also pioneered the "Take Our Daughters to Work Day" movement in the 1990s.
Steinem was an ardent supporter of legal abortion.
Gloria Steinem was known as the face of second-wave feminism in the 1960s and 1970s, after escaping poverty and neglect as a child. Despite having some struggles with access to education growing up, Steinem graduated college with honors, and began a career as a journalist.
Her feminist awakening came in 1969, when she attended a "speak-out" where women discussed undergoing illegal abortions, which she called a turning point in her life.
She co-founded the National Women's Political Caucus in 1971, and continued writing. Her career break as a journalist came after she went undercover as a bunny at the Playboy Club, and exposed the degrading and demeaning environment there. Steinem later founded Ms. Magazine, the first periodical to be owned and operated solely by women, and which discussed women's issues beyond beauty and gossip.
Interestingly, she played a key role in revitalizing the Wonder Woman comic books; an avid reader of the comic books growing up, she wanted to see Wonder Woman's powers restored, and was successful in the effort. The first ever issue of Ms. Magazine featured Wonder Woman on the cover.
Steinem also helped create the "Take Our Daughters to Work Day" movement in the 1990s, which encouraged parents to take their daughters to work with them to learn about what they do, and to make girls visible and accepted in the workplace.
Steinem also co-founded the Frontline Women's Fund, giving millions in grant money to organizations dedicated to ending things like female genital mutilation, sex trafficking, and sexual violence against women in war and in communities.
While Steinem did much good for the feminist movement, she was also an outspoken abortion advocate. She underwent her own abortion in secret in 1957, which is why she said the abortion speak-out years later affected her so much.
“Suddenly I was no longer learning intellectually what was wrong. I knew,” Steinem said in 1983. “I had had an abortion when I was newly out of college, and I told no one. If one in three or four adult women shares this experience, why should we be made to feel criminal and alone?”
In addition to featuring Wonder Woman, the first issue of Ms. Magazine included an open letter from 53 female celebrities who said they had undergone abortions.
Steinem frequently campaigned against pro-life laws throughout her career, and remained a lifelong, ardent pro-abortion activist.
“The truth of the matter is one in three American women was having an abortion when it was illegal; and one in three is having an abortion now," she said in an interview with The Guardian, claiming, “If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament.”
She also insisted she never regretted her abortion, even dedicating one of her books to the abortionist who committed the procedure.
“[Abortion] is supposed to make us a bad person," she said. "But I must say, I never felt that. I used to sit and try and figure out how old the child would be, trying to make myself feel guilty. But I never could!”
Steinem was preceded in death by her husband, David Bale, father of actor Christian Bale. She had no living biological children, but was stepmother to her husband's four adult children.
Her death was announced on her social media pages, with the statement noting that she passed away peacefully at the age of 92, surrounded by loved ones:
Gloria’s greatest gift was her ability to listen to others, to make others feel seen and heard. Her words, actions, and example gave people permission to be their truest selves. Gloria lived true to her independent spirit, always with curiosity and a great sense of humor.
She spent her recent years doing the two things she loved most: being in community with others and writing. She has welcomed hundreds of guests into her living room for Talking Circles, a tradition she insisted will continue long after she is no longer with us.
As Gloria wrote in her forthcoming book, 𝘈𝘯 𝘜𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦, “I have now lived for more than fifty years in this brownstone, in rooms that have witnessed lives before mine, and will know others after I am gone.” This book, along with her commitment to her home becoming a center for social justice movements, are among the many gifts Gloria has given the world with the hope they have ripple effects for generations to come. Gloria often quoted the adage: “The flap of a butterfly’s wing can change the weather hundreds of miles away.”...
Live Action News is pro-life news and commentary from a pro-life perspective.
Our work is possible because of our donors. Please consider giving to further our work of changing hearts and minds on issues of life and human dignity.
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