This was an awful time for feminist leader Gloria Steinem to die. As Steinem herself said, modern women’s rights issues feel “both new and angering and ancient” Steinem worked for years as a journalist and activist covering women’s issues, particularly reproductive rights. She founded multiple media and activist organizations that advocated for women, which eventually led to her earning the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013. Steinem was born in 1934 in Toledo, Ohio. After her parents divorced when she was 10, the responsibility fell on her to take care of her mentally ill mother. After high school, Steinem attended Smith…