{"id":389279,"date":"2026-09-03T12:56:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T12:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/389279\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T12:56:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T12:56:12","slug":"gloria-steinem-has-died-heres-wmnfs-report-on-her-2008-speech-at-eckerd-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/389279\/","title":{"rendered":"Gloria Steinem has died. Here&#8217;s WMNF&#8217;s report on her 2008 speech at Eckerd College"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Gloria-Steinem-by-Dawn-Morgan-at-Eckerd-2008_03050111-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-265964 size-265964 wp-post-image\" alt=\"Gloria Steinem at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, FL\" large=\"\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGloria Steinem at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, FL. By Dawn Morgan\/WMNF (2008).<\/p>\n<p>Gloria Steinem, a potent and elegant voice of U.S. feminism and the co-founder of Ms. Magazine, has died at the age of 92.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a 2008 report from WMNF\u2019s Dawn Morgan.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last night at Eckerd College, three generations of feminists came together for a panel discussion on the women\u2019s movement.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmnf.org\/tag\/gloria-steinem\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gloria Steinem<\/a> led a conversation with Dorothy Pitman Hughes, Jennifer Baumgardner, Amy Richards and an audience of 1,200 students and community members.<\/p>\n<p>Steinem caused a stir over the weekend with a comment that being a prisoner of war didn\u2019t qualify John McCain to be president.<\/p>\n<p>In a press conference before the event, Steinem said many reporters misinterpreted her words.<\/p>\n<p>Steinem has been campaigning for Hillary Clinton, but says she also supports Barack Obama.<\/p>\n<p>However, longtime childcare activist and feminist, Dorothy Pitman Hughes, who founded the Women\u2019s Action Alliance with Steinem in 1971, supports Barack Obama.<\/p>\n<p>Pitman Hughes recounted her feminist beginnings in Lumpkin, Georgia, as a child. The neighborhood women would gather on her porch to talk about the community\u2019s problems, such as the regular Friday night Klan visits.<\/p>\n<p>In contrast, Steinem didn\u2019t become a feminist until she was in her 20s. Her work as a reporter led her to a protest for reproductive rights, where women talked about their own abortions. Steinem said she didn\u2019t understand why abortion was illegal if so many women, including herself, had had the procedure.<\/p>\n<p>Steinem also explained why she thinks the word \u201cfeminist\u201d still has negative connotations. She says the word isn\u2019t important, action is.<\/p>\n<p>information from the Associated Press was used in this report<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-186605\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Gloria-Steinem-Emily-Reddy-by-Dawn-Morgan-2008_03050045-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Gloria Steinem\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\"  \/>Gloria Steinem with WMNF\u2019s Emily Reddy. By Dawn Morgan\/WMNF (ca. 2008).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gloria Steinem at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, FL. By Dawn Morgan\/WMNF (2008). 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