Hillary Clinton led tributes to Gloria Steinem on Thursday, hailing the American feminist icon who died at 92 at home in New York as “one of the architects of the entire structure of women’s equality”. Clinton, a former US secretary of state, presidential candidate and first lady, appeared on the CBS Mornings TV show to deliver a tribute, urging younger generations to use Steinem as a role model in supporting each other in promoting the causes she championed. Clinton said on Thursday she was “heartsick” at news of the death of her friend and ally.
Genuine, generous, curious, thoughtful. She lived a staggering life and her passing is a staggering loss tempered only by the ferocity of her legacy,” Roxane Gay, the prominent social commentator and author of Bad Feminist, commented on the Instagram post announcing Steinem’s death. Social justice activist Rachel Cargle posted: “Gloria, you changed my life.
You seeded a fire in me that would result in my own activism. I am forever grateful to have learned from what you offered the world.” The veteran journalist Ann Curry, who overcame prolific newsroom misogyny early in her career to become one of the US’s most respected broadcasters, also used the post to remember her friend. May you now be in her embrace.
How the lives of so many shine a little brighter because you were in this world. With respect.” Christiane Amanpour, an award-winning former war correspondent and now chief international anchor for CNN, posted her tribute on X. She did it with intellectual precision, emotional awareness, humor and beauty.
May she rest in peace and may the cause thrive.” Clinton added on Thursday, speaking with CBS: “I think about all of the ways that I saw in my own life, over the course of about 10 to 15 years, Gloria’s pushing on those doors to finally get them open, not only for her to walk through, but for her to lead literally millions of others.
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