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Sharon Crozier-De Rosa, Professor in History, University of Wollongong

Feminist icon Gloria Steinem lifted up women everywhere, leaving behind a more gender-equal world

Gloria Steinem speaking at the Women's March on Washington, 2017. Theo Wargo/Getty

Feminist activist Gloria Steinem has died aged 92.

Known almost as much for her trademark mid-parted hair and large aviator sunglasses as for her acute intelligence, courage and wit, she will long be known for setting feminist torches alight globally over her six-decade career as a journalist, activist and feminist icon.

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