{"id":337283,"date":"2026-09-03T20:42:30","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T20:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/337283\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T20:42:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T20:42:30","slug":"gov-hochul-hillary-clinton-and-more-honor-gloria-steinem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/337283\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov. Hochul, Hillary Clinton and more honor Gloria Steinem"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tributes poured in Thursday for the late Gloria Steinem<\/a><\/p>\n

New York officials were among the legions of public figures who showered accolades and gratitude on the late activist, expressing both sadness and the determination to carry on her work, after she died Wednesday at age 92<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cGloria Steinem inspired generations,\u201d wrote Gov. Kathy Hochul across social media. \u201cFearless, witty and a quintessential New Yorker<\/a>, she broke down barriers and changed what was possible for women everywhere. Her impact will be felt for generations to come. New York is keeping all who knew and loved her in our hearts today.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Gov.Gov. Kathy Hochul. (Barry Williams \/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n

New York State Attorney General Letitia James lauded Steinem as a \u201ctrailblazer, and a giant of the women\u2019s movement<\/a>\u00a0in a social media post. \u201cI know her legacy will live on for generations to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

Former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg called it \u201can honor to meet her,\u201d especially given their shared support of Planned Parenthood and reproductive rights.<\/p>\n

\"FlowersFlowers are pictured outside Gloria Steinem’s Manhattan home on E. 73rd St. on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026, after her death. (Barry Williams \/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n

\u201cThe world was never the same<\/a> after Gloria Steinem came to New York City to blaze new trails in the fight for full equality,\u201d Bloomberg said in a social media statement. \u201cShe helped revolutionize American journalism as she fearlessly advanced women\u2019s rights both here and abroad.\u201d<\/p>\n

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who made history as the first presidential candidate for a major political party in 2016, told \u201cCBS Mornings\u201d co-anchor Gayle King by phone, \u201cI\u2019m heartsick, as I think everyone who not only knew her, but followed her, was inspired and challenged by her.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"HillaryHillary Rodham Clinton with Gloria Steinem in 2017. (Cindy Ord\/Getty Images for Women’s Media Center)<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was one of the architects of the entire structure of women\u2019s equality<\/a>,\u201d Clinton continued, adding that, given the setbacks facing women today, \u201cI want her voice to remain in our heads.\u201d<\/p>\n

The comments section on the Thursday morning Instagram announcement of Steinem\u2019s death<\/a> immediately filled with tributes and thanks from people whose lives she had influenced, either directly or indirectly.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou once told me in an interview that it was your mother\u2019s suffering that first moved you to take action for the rights of women,\u201d wrote former NBC News anchor Ann Curry. \u201cMay you now be in her embrace.\u201d<\/p>\n

From Hollywood came a \u201cheart broken\u201d Marisa Tomei, thanking Steinem \u201cfor changing my life\u201d and vowing to \u201ckeep your flame alive.\u201d\u00a0Then Lily Tomlin, with a brief, \u201cThank you Gloria,\u201d and Julianne Moore\u2019s three broken-heart emojis punctuating a simple, \u201cWe are so grateful to you Gloria.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"MarisaMarisa Tomei. (Dia Dipasupil\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was fierce and kind and full of grace,\u201d commented Shonda Rhimes. \u201cWhat a loss for the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Steinem\u2019s activism was infused with joy, Clinton and others pointed out. Actress Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, posted a tribute full of memories of times spent with Steinem<\/a>, whom she called a friend.<\/p>\n

Journalist Christiane Amanpour called Steinem \u201cone of the most important activists of all time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cShe lived a long and passionate life dedicated to this vital and basic cause<\/a>,\u201d Amanpour continued. \u201cShe did it with intellectual precision, emotional awareness, humour and beauty. May she rest in peace and may the cause thrive.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"FlowersFlowers are pictured outside Gloria Steinem’s Manhattan home on E. 73rd St. on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026, after her death. (Barry Williams \/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n

The LGBTQ advocacy organization GLAAD mourned a \u201ctrailblazing titan of civil rights whose vision for liberation bridged the movements for gender equality, bodily autonomy, and LGBTQ rights,\u201d said president and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis in a statement shared with the Daily News. \u201cShe recognized that feminist progress is incomplete without full inclusion and stood as an ally to transgender people\u2019s fight for equality. Gloria rejected rigid binaries, choosing instead to build bridges of empathy and coalition across all marginalized identities. Gloria\u2019s life was a masterclass in coalition-building, courage, and unconditional empathy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Then there was Ms. itself, lionizing its cofounder<\/a>. Much of Steinem\u2019s singular impact, the magazine noted, came from her refusal to accept credit on her own.<\/p>\n

\u201cSteinem understood something the culture surrounding her often did not: Movements are never made by one person,\u201d Ms. wrote in an obituary. \u201cShe insisted that feminism\u2019s history include the Black women, labor organizers, Indigenous women, lesbians, civil rights leaders and community activists whose work had too often been erased. She frequently credited women such as Florynce Kennedy, Dorothy Pitman Hughes, Fannie Lou Hamer, Pauli Murray and Shirley Chisholm with teaching and inspiring her. When the media attempted to anoint her the leader of a leaderless movement, she redirected attention toward the organizers, coalitions and collective action that made change possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

She was a \u201csignal fire<\/a>,\u201d encouraging others to light their own, as Clinton told CBS News, \u201cSomebody who is out there burning bright to the very last hour of her life.\u201d<\/p>\n

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