(FILES) Women's rights activist Gloria Steinem speaks to press as she joins the heads of several civil righs groups to denounce the Republican Party platform as a blueprint for "disaster and chaos" for equal rights in Washington on October 27, 1980. American journalist, activist and feminist icon Gloria Steinem has died, her foundation said on September 3, 2026. She was 92. "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. (Photo by UPI / AFP via Getty Images) / France OUT