‘She blazed in and opened my eyes to the real world’: Readers remember Gloria Steinem

‘Her memory will continue to strengthen all of us who care about women’s lives and futures’ … Gloria Steinem, 1977. Photograph: Janet Fries/Getty Images

‘She let me feel normal’

What I appreciated most about Gloria was she let me feel normal. I graduated in engineering as one of three women in a class of over 150. In her world, a feminist was a woman that wanted to be judged for her capabilities and not her gender. She was very inspirational and empowering when I first read her books as a young engineer. Teresa, Switzerland