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Gloria Steinem on her trailblazing 1972 magazine ‘for women in all their diversity’


Articulate, energetic and committed, she had carved out a name for herself in the 1960s and ’70s through her journalism, which included going undercover at the New York Playboy Club to expose exploitative working conditions. She was also a passionate activist, having founded, along with Brenda Feigen and Dorothy Pitman-Hughes, the Women’s Action Alliance in 1971 – a group to empower women to combat sexism in society.  


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