according to a statement posted to her Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cGloria\u2019s near-century on earth were years well-lived, and she continued working for equality until the very end,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n
Gloria Steinem passed away peacefully at her home in New York City. @gloriasfoundation\/Instagram<\/p>\n
American feminist and activist Gloria Steinem speaks at a rally outside the United Nations in New York, New York, in 1978. Getty Images<\/p>\n
American women\u2019s rights activist and author Gloria Steinem poses in celebration of the sixth year of Ms. magazine, which she co-founded, in June 1977. Getty Images<\/p>\n
President Barack Obama presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to women\u2019s rights activist Gloria Steinem. Corbis via Getty Images<\/p>\n
\u201cGloria\u2019s 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.\u201d<\/p>\n
The statement did not say how she died.<\/p>\n
She was born in Toledo, Ohio, in 1934 and spent much of her childhood traveling the country in a trailer with her traveling salesman father, Leo, before returning to her hometown with her mother, Ruth, after the couple divorced.<\/p>\n
A portrait of American author and political activist Gloria Steinem on Monday, April 1, 1974. Getty Images<\/p>\n
She made her name as a journalist in New York, famously going undercover as a Playboy Bunny in 1963 to expose the exploitation of women working at the club.<\/p>\n
In 1968, she helped launch New York magazine, where she wrote about politics, culture and the growing women\u2019s liberation movement.<\/p>\n
Actress Stockard Channing (left), Gloria Steinem (center) and former President Bill Clinton (right) at the Rainbow Room on May 5, 1992. Dan Brinzac for NY Post<\/p>\n
Steinem co-founded Ms. magazine in 1972, turning it into a powerful national platform for abortion rights, equal pay, sexual harassment and other issues affecting women. The magazine is still in publication to this day. The Feminist Majority Foundation publishes it.<\/p>\n
Rep. Bella Abzug (D-N.Y.), feminist Gloria Steinem and Lt. Gov. Maryann Krupsak at the International Women\u2019s Day March. Bettmann Archive<\/p>\n
She also helped found the National Women\u2019s Political Caucus, which worked to get more women into political office and give them a bigger voice in government.<\/p>\n
Steinem was diagnosed with breast cancer at 52 in 1986, but was declared cancer-free after she underwent surgery<\/p>\n
She was later diagnosed with trigeminal neuralgia, a painful nerve condition, in 1994.<\/p>\n
Gloria Steinem and her husband David Bale attend the New York Landmarks Conservancy Gala on Nov. 5, 2001, in New York City. Bale passed away in 2003. Getty Images<\/p>\n
Steinem became a fixture at marches, rallies and on TV, pushing for abortion rights, the Equal Rights Amendment and broader equality while helping bring feminism into the mainstream.<\/p>\n
Her life has been chronicled by a number of documentaries, movies and television shows. Rose Byrne portrayed Steinem in the Hulu series, \u201cMrs. America,\u201d which chronicled the movement to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. <\/p>\n
She did not marry until she was 66, when she wed businessman and environmentalist David Bale, dad of actor Christian Bale, in 2000.<\/p>\n
American journalist, activist and feminist Gloria Steinem in her New York City apartment on Nov. 2, 1990. Getty Images<\/p>\n
Gloria Steinem speaks onstage during the Visionary Women event at the Beverly Wilshire in 2019. Getty Images for Visionary Women<\/p>\n
Gloria Steinem attends a Planned Parenthood party for John Kerry on Sunday, July 25, 2004. Steven Hirsch for NY Post<\/p>\n
Gloria Steinem and former NY Rep. Bella Abzug seen together in 1997. Don Halasy\/NY Post<\/p>\n
Kirstie Alley and Gloria Steinem pose with Steinem\u2019s Playboy Bunny photo on Oct. 30, 1984. Michael Norcia\/NY Post<\/p>\n
He died of brain lymphoma just three years later.<\/p>\n
Steinem, who never had children of her own, became stepmother to Bale\u2019s four children after their marriage.<\/p>\n
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