Gloria Steinem, influential feminist, passes away at 92

<img alt="In a 2005 <a href=\"https://www.npr.org/2005/08/22/4805246/a-balance-between-nature-and-nurture\" target=\"_blank\">\"This I Believe\" essay</a>, Gloria Steinem wrote: \"I believe that a unique core self is born into every human being — the result of millennia of environment and heredity combined in an unpredictable way that could never happen before or again.\" Steinem died Wednesday at the age of 92. She is pictured above in 2022." src="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4850x3364+334+0/resize/4850x3364!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F5d%2Fe2%2F6dca97f24938acea5d13bd620565%2Fgettyimages-1441792199.jpg" /><p>Gloria Steinem, a prominent feminist and activist, passed away on September 2 at the age of 92. In a 2015 interview with <em>Fresh Air</em>, she mentioned entering a new phase in life, stating, "you can do what you want." Steinem's contributions to feminism and social justice have had a lasting impact.</p><p>(Image credit: John Lamparski)</p><img src="https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5955479" />