Gloria Steinem, the pioneering feminist activist and journalist, has died in New York at the age of 92. She is being remembered for her decades-long influence on the women's movement, most famously her 1963 undercover exposé "A Bunny's Tale", in which she worked as a Playboy Club waitress to reveal the poor pay, harassment and degrading conditions faced by the "bunnies". The piece became a landmark of feminist journalism and shaped how generations of women understood workplace inequality.

Steinem went on to found Ms magazine in the early 1970s, using media as a platform for political and social change, and influenced Baby Boomers, Generation X and Millennials alike on issues from reproductive rights to financial independence. Tributes have poured in, including from the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, a close friend who described Steinem's private warmth alongside her public activism, recalling shared Thanksgivings and her role as a mentor and family friend.