Gloria Steinem

Gloria Steinem became a leading voice of second-wave feminism after her 1963 undercover exposé of working conditions at Hugh Hefner's Playboy Clubs. In 1971 she co-founded Ms. magazine, which in 1976 became the first national publication to put domestic violence on its cover. For more than half a century she campaigned for reproductive freedom, workplace equality and an end to violence against women. She died peacefully at her home in New York City on September 2 at the age of 92.