From the Archives: Liz Smith on Gloria Steinem’s Coming of Age in America

Gloria Steinem, the era-defining feminist activist, journalist, author, and organizer, has died at age 92. A pioneering leader in the women's liberation movement, Steinem was known for her extensive advocacy and organizing efforts. In the 1970s, she notably fought for abortion rights in New York, protesting the Donovan-Crawford Bill to prevent Governor Nelson Rockefeller from signing legislation that would have interfered with those rights, while calling for broad national support for her cause.